The Impact of Proper Use of the Death Notification System on Health Statistics: The Case of İstanbul

Objective: This study aims to evaluate how death reports submitted to the death reporting system in stanbul province affect statistics, investigate the reasons for improperly completed documents, and identify areas requiring improvement for more accurate use of the system, thereby facilitating further work in these areas.Method: In this study, death certificates reported to the death notification system in stanbul province in 2023 were accessed on May 12, 2024, with institutional permission.A sample of 2.351 documents was examined.The documents were selected from the 2023 DNS database using simple random sampling.Documents requiring correction were exported to Excel, and each section was analyzed separately.For documents deemed unsuitable, the returned sections and their percentages, the reasons for return, the correction times for returned documents, and the total completion time for these documents were examined.The study was conducted in 2024 at the Public Health Directorate in stanbul.Results: Of the documents examined, 70.7% were found to be correctly issued, while 29.3% were incorrect or incomplete.Of the incorrect documents, 11 were found to have been returned to the same physician.The most common errors or omissions on death certificates (80%) were found in the cause of death section. Conclusion:Several areas need to be addressed to ensure more complete and accurate death certificates.It is important that these improvements be carried out jointly with all relevant institutions.Efforts Ama: Bu almada stanbul ilinde lm bildirim sistemine yaplan lm bildirimlerinin incelenerek uygun dzenlenmeyen belgelerin nedenlerinin aratrlmas ve sistemin daha doru kullanlmas iin ihtiya duyulan konularn tespit edilmesi,