Differing Procedures for Recording Mortality Statistics in Scandinavia

Author:

Tøllefsen Ingvild M.12,Hem Erlend3,Ekeberg Øivind23,Zahl Per-Henrik4,Helweg-Larsen Karin5

Affiliation:

1. Department of Acute Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway

2. Department of Behavioural Sciences in Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway

3. Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway

4. Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

5. Department of Social Medicine and Public Health Research, Copenhagen University, Denmark

Abstract

Abstract. Background: There may be various reasons for differences in suicide rates between countries and over time within a country. One reason can be different registration practices. Aims: The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the present procedures for mortality and suicide registration in the three Scandinavian countries and to illustrate potential sources of error in the registration of suicide. Method: Information about registration practices and classification procedures was obtained from the cause of death registers in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. In addition, we received information from experts in the field in each country. Results: Sweden uses event of undetermined intent more frequently than Denmark does, and Denmark more frequently than Norway. There seems to be somewhat more uncertainty among deaths classified as ill-defined and unknown cause of mortality in Norway, compared with the other two countries. Sweden performs more forensic autopsies than Norway, and Norway more than Denmark. In Denmark, in cases of a suspected unnatural manner of death, a thorough external examination of the deceased is performed. Conclusion: Differences in the classification of causes of death and in postmortem examinations exist in Scandinavian countries. These differences might influence the suicide statistics in Scandinavia.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health

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