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0420/2018 - Evaluation of the investigation activities of deaths due to ill-defined causes in the state of Bahia in 2010.
Avaliação da investigação de óbitos por causas mal definidas no estado da Bahia em 2010.

Author:

• Carolina Cândida da Cunha - Cunha, CC - <carolina.candida.cunha@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6758-3103

Co-author(s):

• Ana Maria Nogales Vasconcelos - Vasconcelos, A. M. N. - <nogales@unb.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7589-107X
• Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza - Souza, M. F. M. - <mfmsouza@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3287-9163
• Elisabeth França - França, E. - <efranca@medicina.ufmg.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6984-0233


Abstract:

This article evaluates ill-defined causes of death (IDCD) investigation activities as a strategy to reduce IDCD. The objective was to estimate the adherence of municipalities, the use of recommended investigation forms, and the impact of investigations on the reduction of IDCD registered in the Mortality Information System. The use of the standardized Ministry of Health (MoH) form and the verbal autopsy (VA) questionnaire, and the proportion of reclassified cause of death (CoD) after investigation, were analysed in a probabilistic sample of 27 municipalities in Bahia state interior, and the capital Salvador, in 2010. Of the 27 municipalities, approximately 50% used standardized forms to investigate deathsIDCD. Of the 1092 deaths due to IDCD, 53.1% were investigated: in 40.5% of the cases only the MoH form was used, in 15.3% only the VA form was used, and in 14.3% of the cases both forms (VA and MoH) were used. The investigation of deaths due to IDCD made it possible to reduce the percentage of these deaths16.5% to 9.9% and proved to be more effective when performed using the recommended forms.

Keywords:

Health evaluation, Cause of death, Information systems, Vital statistics, Mortality Registries.

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Cunha, CC, Vasconcelos, A. M. N., Souza, M. F. M., França, E.. Evaluation of the investigation activities of deaths due to ill-defined causes in the state of Bahia in 2010.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Sep). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/evaluation-of-the-investigation-activities-of-deaths-due-to-illdefined-causes-in-the-state-of-bahia-in-2010/16953?id=16953&id=16953



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