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0027/2015 - Incompleteness evaluation from death certificate of children under one year in Pernambuco, 1999-2011
Avaliação da incompletude da declaração de óbitos de menores de um ano em Pernambuco, 1999-2011

Author:

• Mariana Oliveira de Alencar Ramalho - Ramalho, Mariana Oliveira de Alencar - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente - <mariramalho_24@hotmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Pedro Lira - Lira, Pedro - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Nutrição - <lirapic@ufpe.br>
• Vilma Costa Macêdo - Macêdo, Vilma Costa - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Enfermagem - <vilmacmacedo@hotmail.com>
• Lygia Carmen de Moraes Vanderlei - Vanderlei, L.C.M - RECIFE, - IMIP, Grupo de Estudos de Avaliação em Saúde - <lygiacarmen@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-3699
• Paulo Germano Frias - Frias,P.G. - IMIP, Grupo de Estudos de Avaliação em Saúde - <pfrias@surfix.com.br>

Thematic Area:

Informação e Comunicação em Saúde

Abstract:

In order to assess the incompleteness in filing the death certificate (DC) the Regional Health of Pernambuco state a descriptive study was conducted from data on deaths of children under one year residents of the municipalities of Pernambuco, from the System and mortality in the three-year periods 1999-2001 and 2009-2011. The percentage of incompleteness was calculated considering the blank filler / ignored by the fields of Regional Health and rate proportional variation of incompleteness between the two periods. It was observed that the filling did not show a well-defined standard for Regionals, incompleteness reduction occurring for most variables, however, only the variables sex, age and place of occurrence of death reached incompleteness &#8804; 5% in the second term of study, considered excellent scores Romero and Cunha. Despite the incompleteness of the decrease related to pregnancy and childbirth and the mother related variables was observed in the second triennium incompleteness between 10 and 20% to score regularly in the triennium 2009-2011. Despite the improvement of the filling in the State, it is necessary to strengthen surveillance and the Committees for Prevention of Child Death qualification for completing the DC.

Keywords:

Child mortality Information systems Vital statistics

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Ramalho, Mariana Oliveira de Alencar, Lira, Pedro, Macêdo, Vilma Costa, Vanderlei, L.C.M, Frias,P.G.. Incompleteness evaluation from death certificate of children under one year in Pernambuco, 1999-2011. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Apr). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/incompleteness-evaluation-from-death-certificate-of-children-under-one-year-in-pernambuco-19992011/15092?id=15092&id=15092



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