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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2237-9622
Abstract
SOARES FILHO, Adauto Martins; BERMUDEZ, Ximena Pamela and MERCHAN-HAMANN, Edgar. Frequency and factors associated with recording deaths due to unspecified external causes in Brazil: a cross-sectional study, 2017. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2021, vol.30, n.2, e2020452. Epub Apr 21, 2021. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1679-49742021000200020.
Objective
To analyze the frequency and factors associated with recording deaths due to unspecified external causes in Brazil.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional study of Mortality Information System data for the year 2017. Univariate logistic regression was used to obtain odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) of nonspecific recording according to the explanatory variables - (hospital deaths and deaths certified by coroners).
Results
Brazil registered 159,720 deaths from external causes; 38.9% occurred in hospital, 83.4% were certified by coroners and 21.7% were from unspecified causes. Factors associated with the recording of unspecified external causes were hospital death (OR=2.00 - 95%CI 1.96;2.05) and the coroner’s certification (OR=1.08 - 95%CI 1.04;1.11).
Conclusion
The frequency of recording unspecified external causes is greater for hospital deaths than for coroner’s certification.
Keywords : Forensic Medicine; Cause of Death; External Causes; Data Accuracy; Information Systems; Cross-Sectional Studies.
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