Citation

Santos SA, Legay LF, Aguiar FP, Lovisi GM, Abelha L, Oliveira SP. Cad. Saude Publica 2014; 30(5): 1057-1066.

Vernacular Title

Tentativas e suicídios por intoxicação exógena no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: análise das informações através do linkage probabilístico.

Affiliation

Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Escola Nacional De Saude Publica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24936821

Abstract

Poisoning is one of the three main means used in suicide and suicides attempts. In order to improve the quality of such information, a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on case records in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2006 to 2008, in the databases of the Information System on Diseases of Notification (SINAN), the Mortality Information System (SIM), and the Poison Control Center in Niterói (CCIn-Niterói). Probabilistic linkage was used to develop a model for monitoring suicides and suicide attempts by poisoning. Although 68.8% of the 948 records at CCIn had been reported by health professionals, only 2.6% were included in the other databases. Linking CCIn and SIM showed 61.3% underreporting. Information is important for surveillance, public policy-making, and decision-making. Probabilistic linkage allowed identifying problems in each system and provided better data quality and a more accurate diagnosis of the real situation in a complex and serious problem like suicidal behavior.

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