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Table 4 Agreement of different health oucomes by different data source in the Finnish case study

From: Cross-national comparisons of health indicators require standardized definitions and common data sources

Indicator

Total number of identified cases

Cases identified by

Kappaa

Only survey data (self-reported and/or measured), n (%)

Only register data, n (%)

Both survey and register data, n (%)

Obesity

1590

1451 (91.3%)

14 (0.1%)

125 (7.9%)

0.11

Elevated blood pressure or hypertension

3020

1906 (63.1%)

60 (2.0%)

1054 (34.9%)

0.33

Diabetes

652

119 (18.3%)

58 (8.9%)

475 (72.9%)

0.83

Asthma

674

120 (17.8%)

157 (23.3%)

397 (58.9%)

0.72

  1. aFor agreement between register and survey data