AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Apr 15, 2005
Underestimation of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Maine American Indians: The Role of Procedural and Data Errors
Judith M. Graber, MS,
Brenda E. Corkum, BA,
Nancy Sonnenfeld, PhD and
Paul L. Kuehnert, RN, MS
At the time the work was completed, all authors were with the Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health, Augusta, Me. Nancy Sonnenfeld was also with the University of Southern Maine, Portland.

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FIGURE 1— Trends in cardiovascular-disease-related mortality as immediate cause of death and as any mention on the death certificate, before and after correction for misclassification of American Indian race. Note. CVD = cardiovascular disease. Mortality rates were age-adjusted to the 1940 US standard population.
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