Quality Assessment of Coronary Event Registration Data in the WHO MONICA Project

Appendix 4. External quality control. ECG coding1. The proportion (%) of agreement between the reference and MCC codes (see Section 7).
RUA MCC 1986 test items 1987 test items 1989 test items
Minnesota codes1 MONICA code1 Minnesota codes1 MONICA code1 Minnesota codes1 MONICA code1
AUS-NEWa 11 71 79 65 85 75 79
AUS-PERb 10 66 71 64 80 67 63
BEL-GCHa 12 73 79 67 80 60 50
BEL-LUXa 14 58 54 60 75 67 59
CAN-HALa 15 69 83 64 85 76 79
CHN-BEIa 14 66 79 68 100 66 62
CZE-CZEa 18 56 71 62 70 55 59
DEN-GLOa 19 64 NA2 62 90 67 66
FIN-FIN 20 42 62 45 50 78 85
FRA-LILa 59 57 58 57 NA2 69 77
FRA-STRa 54 NA2 NA2 72 90 49 50
FRA-TOUa 55 NA2 NA2 61 70 68 46
GER-AUGa 26 67 71 69 90 75 69
GER-BREb 24 60 75 61 80 63 65
GER-EGEa 23 74 87 62 75 67 69
ICE-ICEb 28 63 87 68 80 62 58
ITA-BRIa 57 63 75 73 90 78 73
ITA-FRIa 32 61 58 68 65 52 48
LTU-KAUa 45 72 62 60 80 55 59
NEZ-AUCa 33 62 71 60 55 61 57
POL-TARa 35 64 67 69 95 64 68
POL-WARa 36 68 87 67 90 72 84
RUS-MOSa 46 62 71 71 100 72 84
RUS-NOVa 47 69 92 NA2 NA2 72 78
SPA-CATa 39 56 54 66 85 73 61
SWE-GOTa 40 34 50 NA2 NA2 NA2 NA2
SWE-NSWa 60 45 46 54 70 64 55
SWI-SWIa 50 54 62 70 75 NA2 NA2
UNK-BELa 34 46 67 64 80 58 53
UNK-GLAa 37 57 50 61 75 66 62
USA-STAa 43 NA2 NA2 NA2 NA2 NA2 NA2
YUG-NOSa 49 53 50 56 75 54 55

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1The details of the calculation are explained in: Madai A   for the WHO MONICA Project. Results of the 1986 ECG test coding. MONICA Memo 94, March 1987.CVD-C3/445/22, WHO, Geneva.
2NA=not available