Changes in the quality of cause-of-death statistics in Brazil: garbage codes among registered deaths in 1996-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Registered causes in vital statistics classified as garbage codes (GC) are considered indicators of quality of cause-of-death data. Our aim was to describe temporal changes in this quality in Brazil, and the leading GCs according to levels assembled for the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. We also assessed socioeconomic differences in the burden of different levels of GCs at a regional level.

Methods

We extracted data from the Brazilian Mortality Information System from 1996 to 2016. All three- and four-digit ICD-10 codes considered GC were selected and classified into four categories, according to the GBD study proposal. GC levels 1 and 2 are the most damaging unusable codes, or major GCs. Proportionate distribution of deaths by GC levels according selected

SUBMITTER: Franca E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526091 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature