Cause-specific mortality for 249 causes in Brazil and states during 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2015

EB França, VMA Passos, DC Malta, BB Duncan… - Population health …, 2017 - Springer
Background Reliable data on cause of death (COD) are fundamental for planning and
resource allocation priorities. We used GBD 2015 estimates to examine levels and trends for …

Evolution of the deaths registry system in Brazil: associations with changes in the mortality profile, under-registration of death counts, and ill-defined causes of death

EEC Lima, BL Queiroz - Cadernos de saúde pública, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
This paper examines the spatial pattern of ill-defined causes of death across Brazilian
regions, and its relationship with the evolution of completeness of the deaths registry and …

Ill-defined causes of death in Brazil: a redistribution method based on the investigation of such causes

E França, R Teixeira, L Ishitani… - Revista de saude …, 2014 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE To propose a method of redistributing ill-defined causes of death (IDCD) based
on the investigation of such causes. METHODS In 2010, an evaluation of the results of …

Causas mal definidas de óbito no Brasil: método de redistribuição baseado na investigação do óbito

E França, R Teixeira, L Ishitani, BB Duncan… - Revista de Saúde …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
RESUMO OBJETIVO: Propor método de redistribuição de causas mal definidas de óbito
baseado na investigação dessas causas. MÉTODOS: Foram analisados os resultados das …

Elements of a strategic approach for strengthening national mortality statistics programmes

C Rao - BMJ Global Health, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
Information on cause-specific mortality from civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS)
systems is essential for health policy and epidemiological research. Currently, there are …

Evaluation of the mortality registry in Ecuador (2001–2013)–social and geographical inequalities in completeness and quality

A Peralta, J Benach, C Borrell, V Espinel-Flores… - Population health …, 2019 - Springer
Background Mortality registries are an essential data source for public health surveillance
and for planning and evaluating public policy. Nevertheless, there are still large inequalities …

Redistribution of heart failure deaths using two methods: linkage of hospital records with death certificate data and multiple causes of death data

AL Bierrenbach, GP Alencar… - Cadernos de saude …, 2019 - SciELO Public Health
Heart failure is considered a garbage code when assigned as the underlying cause of
death. Reassigning garbage codes to plausible causes reduces bias and increases …

[HTML][HTML] Proposta metodológica para redistribuição de óbitos por causas garbage nas estimativas de mortalidade para doenças crônicas não transmissíveis

RA Teixeira, LH Ishitani, F Marinho… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To propose a method for improving mortality estimates from noncommunicable
diseases (NCD), including the redistribution of garbage codes in Brazilian municipalities …

[HTML][HTML] Methodological proposal for the redistribution of deaths due to garbage codes in mortality estimates for Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases

RA Teixeira, LH Ishitani, F Marinho… - Revista Brasileira …, 2021 - SciELO Public Health
Objective: To propose a method for improving mortality estimates from noncommunicable
diseases (NCD), including the redistribution of garbage codes in Brazilian municipalities …

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio as predictors of mortality in acute pulmonary embolism: A systematic review and meta-analysis

S Tang, Y Hu - Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2024 - pjms.org.pk
Objective: The purpose of this review was to examine the association between neutrophil-to-
lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and mortality rates in patients …