Cross-sectional and descriptive study, with quantitative approach, was also performed, whose data were collected from the Mortality Information System. From 2003 to 2008 a significant reduction in undefined causes in death certificates was found. In 2007 and 2008, most deaths from undefined causes were processed in the Death Verification Service; concentrated in the age group over 50 years of age and occurring ...
Objetivou-se analisar a proporção de óbitos por causas mal definidas investigadas quanto ao atestante, faixa etária e local de ocorrência do óbito, no âmbito da Secretaria Executiva Regional VI- Fortaleza-CE, Brasil. Estudo transversal e descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa, cujos dados foram coletados no Sistema de Informação de Mortalidade. Verificou-se de 2003 a 2008, expressiva redução das causas mal defi...
Cross-sectional and descriptive study, with quantitative approach, was also performed, whose data were collected from the Mortality Information System. From 2003 to 2008 a significant reduction in undefined causes in death certificates was found. In 2007 and 2008, most deaths from undefined causes were processed in the Death Verification Service; concentrated in the age group over 50 years of age and occurring ...