Quality of the information about age on the death registers in Brazil, 1996-2015

Authors

  • Fatima Valéria Lima Jacques Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Pediatria e Puericultura Margatão Gesteira, Serviço de Emergência Pediátrica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • José Henrique Costa Monteiro-da-Silva Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Núcleo de Estudos de População. Campinas, SP
  • Raphael Mendonça Guimarães Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venâncio, Laboratório de Educação Profissional em Informação e Registro em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i1.1599

Keywords:

Data quality, Whipple Index, Myers Index, Mortality, Information systems.

Abstract

This article presents the results of a research aimed at analyzing the quality of the information about the age on the death registers in Brazil, from 1996 to 2015. An analysis was performed by simple age of the deaths microdata in Brazil for that period. The preference for the last digits 0 and 5 was evaluated using the Whipple index (IW), while the preference for the last digits from 0 to 9 was expressed using the Myers (IM) method. The quality of the age data was high in the period [IWTtot = 0.55 - 0.83 (male) and 0.71 - 0.93 (female); IM = 0.388 - 1.004 (male) and 0.430 – 1.589 (female)]. The quality of the information was more satisfactory among men, and there was not a significant trend in the improvement suggesting stable quality during the 20 years analyzed. The preference was given to the last digit 0, mainly among women. It was concluded that data from death registers in Brazil regarding the age are satisfactory and can be used in demographic and epidemiological analyses.

Author Biographies

Fatima Valéria Lima Jacques, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Pediatria e Puericultura Margatão Gesteira, Serviço de Emergência Pediátrica. Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Mestre em Saúde Pública pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

José Henrique Costa Monteiro-da-Silva, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Núcleo de Estudos de População. Campinas, SP

Mestre em Demografia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

Raphael Mendonça Guimarães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venâncio, Laboratório de Educação Profissional em Informação e Registro em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Doutor em Saúde Pública pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janneiro.

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Published

2019-03-29

How to Cite

Jacques, F. V. L., Monteiro-da-Silva, J. H. C., & Guimarães, R. M. (2019). Quality of the information about age on the death registers in Brazil, 1996-2015. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i1.1599

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019): Dossiê: Comunicação e riscos em saúde

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