@article{ref1,
title="Quality of the record of data on fatal workplace injuries in Brazil",
journal="Revista de saude publica",
year="2017",
author="Galdino, Adriana and Santana, Vilma Sousa and Ferrite, Silvia",
volume="51",
number="",
pages="e120-e120",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality of the data on fatal workplace injuries in Brazil, in the Mortality Information System (SIM) and the Information System of Notifiable Diseases (SINAN-AT), analyzing the spatial and temporal distribution between 2007 and 2012. <br><br>METHODS: We identified fields related to fatal workplace injuries, which were examined for completeness and the use of the &quot;ignored&quot; option. From the SIM, we extracted the records of deaths from external causes, which require the completing of the <acidtrab> field about their relation with work. From the SINAN, we analyzed the <evolution> field, which allows us to identify fatal cases among s severe workplace injuries. <br><br>RESULTS: In the SIM, from 469,121 records, the <acidtrab> field was left unfilled or filled as ignored in 84.2% of them; the Brazilian region with the highest proportion was the Northeast (79.1%), from which the state of Alagoas (94.4%) had the highest amount. There was a 5.5% decreasing trend between 2007 (86.6%) and 2012 (81.8%). Among the 251,681 records found in the SINAN-AT, 28.3% had unfilled or ignored responses for <evolution>, varying from 39.7% in 2007 to 23.2% in 2012, a 41.6% decrease. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The quality of the records on the fields of interest needed to identify fatal workplace injuries is poor in the SIM, but gradually improving. Recording quality was better for SINAN-AT, which has also been strongly getting better lately.<p /> <p>Language: pt</p>",
language="pt",
issn="0034-8910",
doi="10.11606/S1518-8787.2017051000064",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/S1518-8787.2017051000064"
}