Quality of the record of data on fatal workplace injuries in Brazil
Adriana Galdino1, Vilma Sousa Santana2, Silvia Ferrite3
1Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia. Departamento de Saúde II. Jequié, BA, Brasil.
Objective:
To evaluate the quality of the data on fatal workplace injuries in Brazil, in the Mortality Information System (SIM) and the Information System of Notifiable Diseases (SINAN-AT), analyzing the spatial and temporal distribution between 2007 and 2012.
Methods:
We identified fields related to fatal workplace injuries, which were examined for completeness and the use of the "ignored" option. From the SIM, we extracted the records of deaths from external causes, which require the completing of the
Results:
In the SIM, from 469,121 records, the
Conclusions:
The quality of the records on the fields of interest needed to identify fatal workplace injuries is poor in the SIM, but gradually improving. Recording quality was better for SINAN-AT, which has also been strongly getting better lately.
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