Mortality due to garbage codes in Brazilian municipalities: differences in rate estimates by the direct and Bayesian methods from 2015 to 2017

• Main Authors: Renato Azeredo Teixeira (Author), Lenice Harumi Ishitani (Author), Elisabeth França (Author), Pedro Cisalpino Pinheiro (Author), Marina Martins Lobato (Author), Deborah Carvalho Malta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT: Objective: To generate estimates of mortality rates due to garbage codes (GC) for Brazilian municipalities by comparing the direct and the Bayesian methods, based on deaths registered in the Mortality Information System (SIM) between 2015 and 2017. Methods: Data from the SIM were used. The...