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<journal-id>1679-4974</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1679-4974</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente - Ministério da Saúde do Brasil]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S1679-49742021000200050</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1590/s1679-49742021000200020</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Frequência e fatores associados ao registro inespecífico de óbitos por causas externas no Brasil: estudo transversal, 2017]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Frecuencia y factores asociados al registro inespecífico de óbitos por causas externas en Brasil: estudio transversal, 2017]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Frequency and factors associated with recording deaths due to unspecified external causes in Brazil: a cross-sectional study, 2017]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Soares Filho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adauto Martins]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bermudez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ximena Pamela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Merchan-Hamann]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Brasília Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Brasília DF]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1679-49742021000200050&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1679-49742021000200050&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1679-49742021000200050&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo  Objetivo  Analisar a frequência e fatores associados ao registro inespecífico de óbitos por causas externas no Brasil.  Métodos  Estudo transversal dos dados do Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade de 2017. Utilizou-se regressão logística para obter razões de chances (odds ratio [OR]) e intervalo de confiança (IC95%) de registro inespecífico pelas variáveis de explicação (óbitos hospitalares e certificados por legista).  Resultados  O Brasil registrou 159.720 óbitos por causas externas; foram 38,9% de ocorrência hospitalar, 83,4% certificados por legistas e 21,7% atribuídos a causas inespecíficas. Revelaram-se fatores associados ao registro de causa externa inespecífica o óbito hospitalar (OR=2,00 - IC95% 1,96;2,05) e a certificação de médico-legista (OR=1,08 - IC95% 1,04;1,11).  Conclusão  A frequência de registro de causa externa inespecífica em óbito hospitalar é superior à encontrada em certificação de legistas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo  Analizar la frecuencia y factores asociados al registro inespecífico de óbitos por causas externas en Brasil.  Métodos  Estudio transversal de datos del Sistema de Informaciones sobre Mortalidad, 2017. Se utilizó la regresión logística para obtener razones de probabilidades (odds ratio [OR]) e intervalo de confianza (IC95%) de registro inespecífico por las variables de explicación (óbitos hospitalarios y certificados por forenses).  Resultados  Brasil registró 159.720 óbitos por causas externas; hubo 38,9% en hospitales, 83,4% certificado por forenses y 21,7% por causas inespecíficas. Los factores asociados al registro de causas externas inespecíficas fueron el óbito hospitalario (OR=2,00 - IC95%1,96; 2,05) y la certificación del médico forense (OR=1,08 - IC95% 1,04; 1,11).  Conclusión  La causa externa inespecífica en el óbito hospitalario es mayor que la de la certificación de los forenses.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  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&#8217;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&#8217;s certification.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Medicina Legal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Causas de Morte]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Causas Externas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Confiabilidade dos Dados]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Sistemas de Informação]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Estudos Transversais]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Medicina Legal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Causas de Muerte]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Causas Externas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Exactitud de los Datos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sistemas de Información]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Estudios Transversales]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cause of Death]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[External Causes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Data Accuracy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Information Systems]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cross-Sectional Studies]]></kwd>
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