Mortality in children registered in the Finnish child welfare registry: population based study

The basic data source was the Finnish child welfare registry. The data were completed by individual linkage with the Finnish cause of death registry, using the personal identification number of each child. The study covered all children in Finland who were taken into care between 1 January 1991 and...

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Published in:BMJ 2001-07, Vol.323 (7306), p.207-208
Main Authors: Kalland, Mirjam, Pensola, Tiina H, Meriläinen, Jouni, Sinkkonen, Jari
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents - mortality
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child care
Child welfare
Child Welfare - statistics & numerical data
Child, Institutionalized - statistics & numerical data
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Death
Epidemiology
Female
Finland
Foster children
Foster home care
Foster Home Care - standards
General aspects
Humans
In care
Infant
Infant Mortality - trends
Male
Medical sciences
Mortality
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Registries
Social classes
Substance-Related Disorders - mortality
Suicide
Welfare
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Summary:The basic data source was the Finnish child welfare registry. The data were completed by individual linkage with the Finnish cause of death registry, using the personal identification number of each child. The study covered all children in Finland who were taken into care between 1 January 1991 and 31 December 1997 (n=13 371). One per cent (133) could not be linked to the cause of death registry owing to errors in the personal identification number.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
0959-535X
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.323.7306.207