Confiabilidade e validade dos atestados de óbito por neoplasias. I. Confiabilidade da codificação para o conjunto das neoplasias no Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Cadernos de Saúde Pública

Gina Torres Rego Monteiro¹  Rosalina Jorge Koifman¹  Sergio Koifman¹ 

[1] ,Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Departamento de Epidemiologia e Métodos Quantitativos em SaúdeRio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: Reliability;    Positive Predictive Value;    Death Certificate;    Mortality statistics;    Cancer;    Confiabilidade;    Valor Preditivo Positivo;    Atestado de óbito;    Estatística de Mortalidade;    Neoplasia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X1997000500005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Mortality records are often used in epidemiological studies, particularly in cancer studies. This paper aims to evaluate reliability and accuracy of cancer mortality data in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A systematic random sample of 394 death certificates was obtained from a total of 12615 cancer deaths. This sample was recoded by an independent codifier. A kappa coefficient of 0.89 (95% C.I. 0.86-0.92) was obtained to the third digit, which increases to 0.95 (95% C.I. 0.94-0.96) when restricted to the mortality list used in international publications. The positive predictive value was 95.7% for this sample. These results reveal a high standard reliability of cancer mortality records in the State of Rio de Janeiro making them suitable for use in epidemiological research.

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