Mortalidade de idosos com desnutrição em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil: uma análise multidimensional sob o enfoque de causas múltiplas de morte

• Autor(a) principal: Rezende, Edna Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Sampaio, Barbosa Machado, Ishitani, Lenice Harumi, Martins, Eunice Francisca, Vilella, Lenice de Castro Mendes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/4329
• topic: Idoso; Desnutrição; Causas Múltiplas de Morte

This study aimed to identify the mortality profiles of elderly individuals with malnutrition, based on associations between multiple causes of death and other variables recorded on the death certificate. We studied the deaths of elderly (> 60 years) living in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with malnutrition recorded as one of the causes. Data were used from the mortality information system. Multiple correspondence analysis was used to investigate these associations. The study showed excess mortality among women, whites, widowers, and individuals with low schooling. Ten mortality profiles were studied, and malnutrition was five times more frequent according to the multiple-causes technique. The results showed both the importance of multiple causes of death not detected by focusing on the underlying cause and the adequacy of multiple correspondence analysis for identifying the associations between causes and other variables listed on the death certificate.