Evaluation of Oklahoma's Electronic Death Registration System and Event Fatality Markers for Disaster-Related Mortality Surveillance - Oklahoma USA M

The authors reviewed how tornado-related deaths were coded to determine which system was the most accurate. The “ad hoc tornado flag,” piloted in 2013, was the most favorable event fatality marker in the state’s Electronic Death Registration System. Additional benefits of using the flag (e.g., facilitating cross-agency communication during a response) were listed at the end of the article.