Routinely collected English birth data sets: comparisons and recommendations for reproductive epidemiology

Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition
Rebecca E GhoshMireille B Toledano

Abstract

In England there are four national routinely collected data sets on births: Office for National Statistics (ONS) births based on birth registrations; Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) deliveries (mothers' information); HES births (babies' information); and NHS Numbers for Babies (NN4B) based on ONS births plus gestational age and ethnicity information. This study describes and compares these data, with the aim of recommending the most appropriate data set(s) for use in epidemiological research and surveillance. We assessed the completeness and quality of the data sets in relation to use in epidemiological research and surveillance and produced detailed descriptive statistics on common reproductive outcomes for each data set including temporal and spatial trends. ONS births is a high quality complete data set but lacks interpretive and clinical information. HES deliveries showed good agreement with ONS births but HES births showed larger amounts of missing or unavailable data. Both HES data sets had improved quality from 2003 onwards, but showed some local spatial variability. NN4B showed excellent agreement with ONS and HES deliveries for the years available (2006-2010). Annual number of births increased by 17.6% comparing 2002...Continue Reading

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Aug 7, 2017·Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition·Rebecca Elisabeth GhoshAnna L Hansell
Mar 18, 2020·International Journal of Epidemiology·Frédéric B PielPaul Elliott
Apr 19, 2017·Journal of the National Cancer Institute·Raoul C ReulenMike M Hawkins

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