Accuracy of birth certificate head circumference measurements: Massachusetts, 2012-2013.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Zika virus has recently emerged as a novel cause of microcephaly. CDC has asked states to rapidly ascertain and report cases of Zika-linked birth defects, including microcephaly. Massachusetts added head circumference to its birth certificate (BC) in 2011. The accuracy of head circumference measurements from state vital records data has not been reported. METHODS:We sought to assess the accuracy of Massachusetts BC head circumference measurements by comparing them to measurements for 2,217 infants born during 2012-2013 captured in the Massachusetts Birth Defects Monitoring Program (BDMP) data system. BDMP contains information abstracted directly from infant medical records and served as the true head circumference value (i.e., gold standard) for analysis. We calculated the proportion of head circumference measurements in agreement between the BC and BDMP data. We assigned growth chart head circumference percentile categories to each BC and BDMP measurement, and calculated the sensitivity and specificity of BC-based categories to predict BDMP-based categories. RESULTS:No difference was found in head circumference measurements between the two sources in 77.9% (n = 1,727) of study infants. The sensitivity of BC-based head circumference percentile categories ranged from 85.6% (<3rd percentile) to 92.7% (≥90th percentile) and the specificity ranged from 97.6% (≥90th percentile) to 99.3% (<3rd percentile). CONCLUSIONS:BC head circumference measurements agreed with those abstracted from the medical chart the majority of the time. Head circumference measurements on the BC were more specific than sensitive across all standardized growth chart percentile categories.

journal_name

Birth Defects Res

journal_title

Birth defects research

authors

Somerville NJ,Chen X,Heinke D,Stone SL,Higgins C,Manning SE,Pagnano S,Yazdy MM,Anderka M

doi

10.1002/bdr2.1174

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-03-15 00:00:00

pages

413-420

issue

5

issn

2472-1727

journal_volume

110

pub_type

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