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Table 1 Non-differential and differential death certificate misclassification simulation scenarios, applied to mortality data of a cohort of migrants in Augsburg, Germany

From: The existence of standard-biased mortality ratios due to death certificate misclassification - a simulation study based on a true story

  

Age <70 years

Age ≥70 years

Misclassification scenario

Cohort & reference

Cohort

Reference

SE; SP

SE; SP

SE; SP

Non -differential

A

0.85; 0.85

[0.7, 0.85]; [0.7, 0.85]

Differential

B1

0.85; 0.85

[0.7, 0.85]; [0.7, 0.85]

0.85; 0.85

B2

0.85; 0.85

[0.7, 0.85]; [0.7, 0.85]

0.7; 0.7

B3

0.85; 0.85

[0.7, 0.85]; [0.7, 0.85]

0.7; 0.85

B4

0.85; 0.85

[0.7, 0.85]; [0.7, 0.85]

0.85; 0.7

  1. SE sensitivity, SP specificity