Citation

Bordoni PHC, Bordoni LS, Silva JM, Drumond EF. Epidemiol. Serv. Saude 2016; 25(1): 85-94.

Vernacular Title

Utilização do método de captura-recaptura de casos para a melhoria do registro dos acidentes de trabalho fatais em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 2011.

Affiliation

Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Gerência de Epidemiologia e Informação, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Coordenação-Geral de Desenvolvimento da Epidemiologia em em Serviços / Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde / Ministério da Saúde)

DOI

10.5123/S1679-49742016000100009

PMID

27861681

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: to measure underreporting of typical fatal occupational injuries (FOI) on the Mortality Information System (SIM) in Belo Horizonte city, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in 2011.

METHODS:: the capture-recapture method was used to assess all FOI recorded among city residents and/or occurring in the city, using probabilistic linkage of three data sources: SIM, the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN) and the Belo Horizonte Forensic Medicine Institute Autopsy Database.

RESULTS:: the majority of the 54 cases found occurred in males (n=53), with drivers and construction workers accounting for half of them (n=28); the most common causes of death were traffic accidents (n=18) and falls (n=10); 15 deaths were underreported on SIM.

CONCLUSION:: the use of the capture-recapture method contributed to the detection of FOI underreporting.

Language: en