Methodological proposal for the redistribution of deaths due to garbage codes in mortality estimates for Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases

• Main Authors: Renato Azeredo Teixeira (Author), Lenice Harumi Ishitani (Author), Fátima Marinho (Author), Elzo Pereira Pinto Junior (Author), Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi (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 propose a method for improving mortality estimates from noncommunicable diseases (NCD), including the redistribution of garbage codes in Brazilian municipalities. Methods: Brazilian Mortality Information System (MIS) was used as a data source to estimate age standardized mort...