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A study of the basic cause of death in children under 15, during 1982, in Children Hospital (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil)

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Resumo:Death certificates were analysed according to the basic cause of death. Out of the total number of deaths which had occured in Children Hospital (Florianópolis, SC, Brazil), 161 were considered valid for the purpose of this study. With the information obtained from the respective hospital file, the death certificates were filled out again, and then compared to the original ones. Agreement was observed in 60.2% of cases between the original death certificates and the re-filled ones, and Congenital Malformations gave the highest percentage of agreement (92.0). When frequency distribution by cause of death was studied in the original death certificates, the highest percentage appeared to be Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (21.0) and of those Enteritis accounted for 43,2%.
Autores principais:Strozzi, Geni Machado
Outros Autores:Strozzi, João Bosco; Souza, Maria de Lourdes de; Schutel, Mauro Duarte
Assunto:Mortalidade Atestado de óbito Morte^i1^scausa bás Mortality Death certificates Death^i2^scau
Ano:1985
País:Brasil
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:unknown
Instituição associada:IBICT
Idioma:português
Origem:Oasisbr

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