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An Intervention to Improve Cause-of-Death Reporting in New York City Hospitals, 2009–2010

Year	Hospital 1	Hospital 2	Hospital 3	Hospital 4	Hospital 5	Hospital 6	Hospital 7	Hospital 8	Nonintervention
2000	50.176	69.512	60.075	58.108	56.745	74.260	68.161	62.324	29.878
2001	46.026	69.916	60.606	52.368	52.419	70.342	64.907	58.621	29.541
2002	50.445	69.613	61.155	66.497	63.269	72.583	59.524	61.532	30.208
2003	52.806	69.388	58.639	64.269	61.495	68.012	51.908	61.325	29.835
2004	49.672	65.819	56.178	56.522	59.420	77.922	48.375	59.887	27.932
2005	62.694	70.755	62.395	62.353	64.542	70.255	50.000	64.761	27.726
2006	74.142	72.222	68.715	63.950	59.368	57.165	55.108	64.645	26.997
2007	75.809	72.384	70.723	70.621	65.596	57.790	60.357	68.416	27.099
2008	78.402	72.404	71.481	70.000	67.416	66.722	66.330	60.652	26.152
2009	56.046	62.278	66.381	68.627	56.592	67.862	54.861	52.007	26.199
2010	24.756	33.579	40.285	50.949	38.914	36.260	28.814	27.606	23.714

Figure 1. Percentage of deaths attributed to heart disease at each of the 8 intervention hospitals and at all nonintervention hospitals combined, New York City, 2000–2010.

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Year	Hospital 1	Hospital 2	Hospital 3	Hospital 4	Hospital 5	Hospital 6	Hospital 7	Hospital 8	Nonintervention
2000	2.86	2.80	2.67	2.94	2.79	2.64	2.72	2.63	2.98
2001	2.66	2.62	2.66	3.12	2.88	2.66	2.47	2.63	3.03
2002	2.51	2.66	2.60	2.97	2.69	2.74	2.35	2.64	2.99
2003	2.55	2.58	2.49	2.93	2.67	2.71	2.22	2.62	2.98
2004	2.61	2.82	2.60	2.96	2.66	2.49	2.06	2.65	3.00
2005	2.49	2.74	2.45	3.07	2.61	2.56	1.83	2.49	3.00
2006	2.34	2.75	2.52	2.74	2.56	2.88	1.93	2.45	2.99
2007	2.33	2.68	2.47	2.69	2.64	2.96	2.00	2.51	2.98
2008	2.35	2.22	2.39	2.52	2.41	2.75	1.69	2.46	2.95
2009	2.52	2.25	2.62	2.68	2.58	2.63	1.66	2.62	2.89
2010	3.38	3.14	3.61	3.68	3.24	3.90	2.52	3.19	2.91

Figure 2. Average number of conditions reported per death at each of the 8 intervention hospitals and at all nonintervention hospitals combined, New York City, 2000–2010.

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