Polyanna Helena Coelho Bordoni1, Leonardo Santos Bordoni2, Jussara de Medeiros Silva3, Eliane de Freitas Drumond4. 1. Polícia Civil do Estado de Minas Gerais, Posto Médico Legal, Ribeirão das Neves-MG, Brasil. 2. Polícia Civil do Estado de Minas Gerais, Instituto Médico Legal, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil. 3. Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Gerência de Saúde do Trabalhador, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil. 4. Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Gerência de Epidemiologia e Informação, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
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.
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.