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Elisabeth Barboza França | Zendy; Daisy Xavier de Abreu | Zendy; Chalapati Rao | Zendy; Alan D López | Zendy

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Evaluation of cause-of-death statistics for Brazil, 2002–2004

Author(s) -

Elisabeth Barboza França,

Daisy Xavier de Abreu,

Chalapati Rao,

Alan D López

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn121

Subject(s) - generalizability theory , medicine , statistics , cause of death , consistency (knowledge bases) , demography , environmental health , computer science , disease , mathematics , pathology , artificial intelligence , sociology

Mortality statistics systems with reliable cause-of-death data constitute a major resource for effective health planning; however, many developing countries lack such information systems. Brazil has a long history of registering deaths, and a critical assessment of the quality of current cause-of-death statistics in its five different regions is crucial to identify strengths and weaknesses in the data, and present options for improvement.

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