Validade das informações ocupação e causa básica em declarações de óbito de Botucatu, São Paulo

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the accuracy of data on death certificates for occupation and main cause of death. Measure of agreement was assessed comparing data from death certificates with those from both medical records and next-of-kin interviews, analyzing information for 552 residents of Botucatu, Southeast Brazil, who died in 1997. Kappa coefficients of 0.31 (95% C.I. 0.29-0.34) and 0.76 (95% C.I. 0.75-0.76) (IC 95% 0,34). Para a concordância entre a causa básica declarada e o padrão-ouro, o coeficiente Kappa foi de 0,76 (IC 95% 0,77

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