Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes

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Autor(a) principal: França,Elisabeth
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Teixeira,Renato, Ishitani,Lenice, Duncan,Bruce Bartholow, Cortez-Escalante,Juan José, Morais Neto,Otaliba Libânio de, Szwarcwald,Célia Landman
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Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
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Resumo: OBJECTIVE To propose a method of redistributing ill-defined causes of death (IDCD) based on the investigation of such causes.METHODS In 2010, an evaluation of the results of investigating the causes of death classified as IDCD in accordance with chapter 18 of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) by the Mortality Information System was performed. The redistribution coefficients were calculated according to the proportional distribution of ill-defined causes reclassified after investigation in any chapter of the ICD-10, except for chapter 18, and used to redistribute the ill-defined causes not investigated and remaining by sex and age. The IDCD redistribution coefficient was compared with two usual methods of redistribution: a) Total redistribution coefficient, based on the proportional distribution of all the defined causes originally notified and b) Non-external redistribution coefficient, similar to the previous, but excluding external causes.RESULTS Of the 97,314 deaths by ill-defined causes reported in 2010, 30.3% were investigated, and 65.5% of those were reclassified as defined causes after the investigation. Endocrine diseases, mental disorders, and maternal causes had a higher representation among the reclassified ill-defined causes, contrary to infectious diseases, neoplasms, and genitourinary diseases, with higher proportions among the defined causes reported. External causes represented 9.3% of the ill-defined causes reclassified. The correction of mortality rates by the total redistribution coefficient and non-external redistribution coefficient increased the magnitude of the rates by a relatively similar factor for most causes, contrary to the IDCD redistribution coefficient that corrected the different causes of death with differentiated weights.CONCLUSIONS The proportional distribution of causes among the ill-defined causes reclassified after investigation was not similar to the original distribution of defined causes. Therefore, the redistribution of the remaining ill-defined causes based on the investigation allows for more appropriate estimates of the mortality risk due to specific causes.
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spelling Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causesCause of DeathMortality RegistriesUnderregistrationVital StatisticsInformation SystemsOBJECTIVE To propose a method of redistributing ill-defined causes of death (IDCD) based on the investigation of such causes.METHODS In 2010, an evaluation of the results of investigating the causes of death classified as IDCD in accordance with chapter 18 of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) by the Mortality Information System was performed. The redistribution coefficients were calculated according to the proportional distribution of ill-defined causes reclassified after investigation in any chapter of the ICD-10, except for chapter 18, and used to redistribute the ill-defined causes not investigated and remaining by sex and age. The IDCD redistribution coefficient was compared with two usual methods of redistribution: a) Total redistribution coefficient, based on the proportional distribution of all the defined causes originally notified and b) Non-external redistribution coefficient, similar to the previous, but excluding external causes.RESULTS Of the 97,314 deaths by ill-defined causes reported in 2010, 30.3% were investigated, and 65.5% of those were reclassified as defined causes after the investigation. Endocrine diseases, mental disorders, and maternal causes had a higher representation among the reclassified ill-defined causes, contrary to infectious diseases, neoplasms, and genitourinary diseases, with higher proportions among the defined causes reported. External causes represented 9.3% of the ill-defined causes reclassified. The correction of mortality rates by the total redistribution coefficient and non-external redistribution coefficient increased the magnitude of the rates by a relatively similar factor for most causes, contrary to the IDCD redistribution coefficient that corrected the different causes of death with differentiated weights.CONCLUSIONS The proportional distribution of causes among the ill-defined causes reclassified after investigation was not similar to the original distribution of defined causes. Therefore, the redistribution of the remaining ill-defined causes based on the investigation allows for more appropriate estimates of the mortality risk due to specific causes.Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo2014-08-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102014000400671Revista de Saúde Pública v.48 n.4 2014reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USP10.1590/S0034-8910.2014048005146info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFrança,ElisabethTeixeira,RenatoIshitani,LeniceDuncan,Bruce BartholowCortez-Escalante,Juan JoséMorais Neto,Otaliba Libânio deSzwarcwald,Célia Landmaneng2015-09-28T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0034-89102014000400671Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0034-8910&lng=pt&nrm=isoONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2015-09-28T00:00Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes
title Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes
spellingShingle Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes
França,Elisabeth
Cause of Death
Mortality Registries
Underregistration
Vital Statistics
Information Systems
title_short Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes
title_full Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes
title_fullStr Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes
title_full_unstemmed Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes
title_sort Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes
author França,Elisabeth
author_facet França,Elisabeth
Teixeira,Renato
Ishitani,Lenice
Duncan,Bruce Bartholow
Cortez-Escalante,Juan José
Morais Neto,Otaliba Libânio de
Szwarcwald,Célia Landman
author_role author
author2 Teixeira,Renato
Ishitani,Lenice
Duncan,Bruce Bartholow
Cortez-Escalante,Juan José
Morais Neto,Otaliba Libânio de
Szwarcwald,Célia Landman
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv França,Elisabeth
Teixeira,Renato
Ishitani,Lenice
Duncan,Bruce Bartholow
Cortez-Escalante,Juan José
Morais Neto,Otaliba Libânio de
Szwarcwald,Célia Landman
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cause of Death
Mortality Registries
Underregistration
Vital Statistics
Information Systems
topic Cause of Death
Mortality Registries
Underregistration
Vital Statistics
Information Systems
description OBJECTIVE To propose a method of redistributing ill-defined causes of death (IDCD) based on the investigation of such causes.METHODS In 2010, an evaluation of the results of investigating the causes of death classified as IDCD in accordance with chapter 18 of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) by the Mortality Information System was performed. The redistribution coefficients were calculated according to the proportional distribution of ill-defined causes reclassified after investigation in any chapter of the ICD-10, except for chapter 18, and used to redistribute the ill-defined causes not investigated and remaining by sex and age. The IDCD redistribution coefficient was compared with two usual methods of redistribution: a) Total redistribution coefficient, based on the proportional distribution of all the defined causes originally notified and b) Non-external redistribution coefficient, similar to the previous, but excluding external causes.RESULTS Of the 97,314 deaths by ill-defined causes reported in 2010, 30.3% were investigated, and 65.5% of those were reclassified as defined causes after the investigation. Endocrine diseases, mental disorders, and maternal causes had a higher representation among the reclassified ill-defined causes, contrary to infectious diseases, neoplasms, and genitourinary diseases, with higher proportions among the defined causes reported. External causes represented 9.3% of the ill-defined causes reclassified. The correction of mortality rates by the total redistribution coefficient and non-external redistribution coefficient increased the magnitude of the rates by a relatively similar factor for most causes, contrary to the IDCD redistribution coefficient that corrected the different causes of death with differentiated weights.CONCLUSIONS The proportional distribution of causes among the ill-defined causes reclassified after investigation was not similar to the original distribution of defined causes. Therefore, the redistribution of the remaining ill-defined causes based on the investigation allows for more appropriate estimates of the mortality risk due to specific causes.
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