Reliability of dengue mortality data in two national health information systems, Brazil, 2000-2005

Cadernos de saúde pública
Giselle Hentzy Moraes, Elisabeth Carmen Duarte

Abstract

We analyze the crude and adjusted reliability of dengue mortality data from the Notifiable Diseases Information System and the Mortality Information System in Brazil from 2000 to 2005. An observational, cross-sectional, descriptive epidemiological study was conducted. Overall crude agreement and chance-adjusted agreement (kappa index) over the study period were 99.9% and 19.6%, respectively. In the year with the most dengue cases (2002), these values were 99.9% and 28.2%, respectively. The proportion of concordant dengue deaths by State varied from 0% to 33%, and the Central-West region showed the highest median. We discuss the importance of integrating and continuing to analyze health information systems and recommend improving and increasing the use of these systems for appropriate public health evaluations.

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Feb 13, 2013·The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·Giselle Hentzy MoraesElisabeth Carmen Duarte
Nov 26, 2015·The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·Luciano Pamplona de Góes CavalcantiMargarida Lima Pompeu
Aug 28, 2015·Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical·Enny Santos PaixãoMaria Gloria Lima Cruz Teixeira
Oct 16, 2013·Cadernos de saúde pública·Thainá Alves MalhãoRoberto de Andrade Medronho
Feb 2, 2017·Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology·Stela Verzinhasse PeresMárcia Furquim de Almeida

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