Mortality Outcomes Surveillance, Part I: Ascertaining Decedents (2022 Update)

Mortality Outcomes Surveillance, Part I: Ascertaining Decedents (2022 Update) summarizes the data stemming from the protocol used to (1) trace sample members and then (2) screen, match, and score all decedents in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). New features of the 2022 Update are grey-highlighted herein. Mortality Outcomes Surveillance, Part II: Adjudicating Causes of Death & In-Hospital Cardiovascular Outcomes summarizes data stemming from the protocol used to (3) assemble and abstract decedent cohort histories, obituaries, death certificates, healthcare provider questionnaires, coroner/medical examiner autopsy reports, next-of-kin interviews, and hospital records; and then (4) review, classify, and adjudicate all deaths and in-hospital cardiovascular outcomes ≤ 1 month before dates of death.