Validity of death certificate variables in cases of death from external causes, Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Barros, Maria Dilma de A
Data de Publicação: 2002
Outros Autores: Ximenes, Ricardo, Lima, Maria Luiza C de
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/25340
Resumo: OBJECTIVE: To validate variables other than the basic cause of death on death certificates from external causes of residents younger than 20 years old living in Recife, Brazil, in 1995. METHODS: A survey of death records of the Institute of Forensic in Recife was carried out in order to validate death certificate variables included in official mortality registries. Agreement analysis was performed using Kappa indexes and sensitivity. As a result of the methodology used, the study data was considered to be more consistent and therefore regarded as standard. RESULTS: Those variables forensic specialists indicated as their direct responsibility showed an excellent (gender, age, and category of violence) and good (type of accident) agreement. However, there were significant discrepancies in those variables seen as either of indirect or no forensic responsibility, such as locality and area where death took place, medical care provided and accident location. CONCLUSIONS: Data reveal a dissociation between the reasons for including some variables in death certificates and the obtaining strategy and their social purpose.
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spelling Validity of death certificate variables in cases of death from external causes, Brazil Validação de variáveis de declarações de óbito por causas externas, Recife, PE, Brasil Death certificatesCause of deathValidityData systemsMortalityExternal causesAtestados de óbitoCausa da morteValidadeSistema de informaçãoMortalidadeCausas externas OBJECTIVE: To validate variables other than the basic cause of death on death certificates from external causes of residents younger than 20 years old living in Recife, Brazil, in 1995. METHODS: A survey of death records of the Institute of Forensic in Recife was carried out in order to validate death certificate variables included in official mortality registries. Agreement analysis was performed using Kappa indexes and sensitivity. As a result of the methodology used, the study data was considered to be more consistent and therefore regarded as standard. RESULTS: Those variables forensic specialists indicated as their direct responsibility showed an excellent (gender, age, and category of violence) and good (type of accident) agreement. However, there were significant discrepancies in those variables seen as either of indirect or no forensic responsibility, such as locality and area where death took place, medical care provided and accident location. CONCLUSIONS: Data reveal a dissociation between the reasons for including some variables in death certificates and the obtaining strategy and their social purpose. OBJETIVOS: Validar, nas declarações de óbitos por causas externas de menores de 20 anos residentes no Recife em 1995, outras variáveis que não a causa básica dos óbitos. MÉTODOS: Pesquisaram-se os documentos existentes no Instituto de Medicina Legal de Recife para validar variáveis das declarações de óbitos constantes nos dados oficiais de mortalidade. Analisou-se a concordância pelos índices de Kappa e da sensibilidade. Tendo em vista a metodologia utilizada, os dados da pesquisa foram considerados mais exatos e, como tais, tomados como padrão. RESULTADOS: Para as variáveis que os peritos do Instituto de Medicina Legal entenderam como de sua responsabilidade direta, os resultados mostraram concordância ótima -- sexo, idade e tipo de violência -- ou boa -- tipo de acidente. Porém, para as entendidas como de sua responsabilidade indireta ou como não sendo de sua responsabilidade, importantes discordâncias foram observadas -- local e município de ocorrência do óbito, assistência médica e local do acidente. CONCLUSÃO: Os dados revelam a dissociação entre o objetivo da inclusão das variáveis nas declarações de óbito e seu uso social e a estratégia para obtê-las. Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública2002-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/2534010.1590/S0034-89102002000300007Revista de Saúde Pública; Vol. 36 No. 3 (2002); 301-306 Revista de Saúde Pública; Vol. 36 Núm. 3 (2002); 301-306 Revista de Saúde Pública; v. 36 n. 3 (2002); 301-306 1518-87870034-8910reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPporhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/25340/27085Copyright (c) 2017 Revista de Saúde Públicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBarros, Maria Dilma de AXimenes, RicardoLima, Maria Luiza C de2012-05-29T19:24:13Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/25340Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/indexONGhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/oairevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2012-05-29T19:24:13Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Validity of death certificate variables in cases of death from external causes, Brazil
Validação de variáveis de declarações de óbito por causas externas, Recife, PE, Brasil
title Validity of death certificate variables in cases of death from external causes, Brazil
spellingShingle Validity of death certificate variables in cases of death from external causes, Brazil
Barros, Maria Dilma de A
Death certificates
Cause of death
Validity
Data systems
Mortality
External causes
Atestados de óbito
Causa da morte
Validade
Sistema de informação
Mortalidade
Causas externas
title_short Validity of death certificate variables in cases of death from external causes, Brazil
title_full Validity of death certificate variables in cases of death from external causes, Brazil
title_fullStr Validity of death certificate variables in cases of death from external causes, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Validity of death certificate variables in cases of death from external causes, Brazil
title_sort Validity of death certificate variables in cases of death from external causes, Brazil
author Barros, Maria Dilma de A
author_facet Barros, Maria Dilma de A
Ximenes, Ricardo
Lima, Maria Luiza C de
author_role author
author2 Ximenes, Ricardo
Lima, Maria Luiza C de
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Barros, Maria Dilma de A
Ximenes, Ricardo
Lima, Maria Luiza C de
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Death certificates
Cause of death
Validity
Data systems
Mortality
External causes
Atestados de óbito
Causa da morte
Validade
Sistema de informação
Mortalidade
Causas externas
topic Death certificates
Cause of death
Validity
Data systems
Mortality
External causes
Atestados de óbito
Causa da morte
Validade
Sistema de informação
Mortalidade
Causas externas
description OBJECTIVE: To validate variables other than the basic cause of death on death certificates from external causes of residents younger than 20 years old living in Recife, Brazil, in 1995. METHODS: A survey of death records of the Institute of Forensic in Recife was carried out in order to validate death certificate variables included in official mortality registries. Agreement analysis was performed using Kappa indexes and sensitivity. As a result of the methodology used, the study data was considered to be more consistent and therefore regarded as standard. RESULTS: Those variables forensic specialists indicated as their direct responsibility showed an excellent (gender, age, and category of violence) and good (type of accident) agreement. However, there were significant discrepancies in those variables seen as either of indirect or no forensic responsibility, such as locality and area where death took place, medical care provided and accident location. CONCLUSIONS: Data reveal a dissociation between the reasons for including some variables in death certificates and the obtaining strategy and their social purpose.
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