Information–processing methods for mortality surveillance in the presence of varying levels of completeness and ill–defined codes of causes of death – the case of Brazil

Table 1 The values from three of the lines of a Basic Sheet (200–202)

Line	200	201	202
uf	11	11	11
Year	2005	2005	2005
Sex	1	1	1
Age group	11	12	13
sub–notification	84.88	84.88	84.88
ill–defined deaths original	23	20	33
ill–defined deaths after correction for sub–notification	27.097078	23.562677	38.878417
ill–defined deaths after both corrections	0	0	0
Total deaths original	228	221	266
Total deaths after correction for sub–notification	268.614515	260.367578	313.383600
Total deaths after both corrections	268.614515	260.367578	313.383600
Cancer deaths original	31	33	54
Cancer deaths after correction for sub–notification	36.522149	38.878417	63.619227
Cancer deaths after both corrections	42.744441	43.590952	74.385558
Injury deaths original	70	36	38
Injury deaths after correction for sub–notification	82.469369	42.412818	44.769086
Injury deaths after both corrections	82.469369	42.412818	44.769086

The values for cancer are affected by both correction for sub–notification and the redistribution of records with ill–defined causes. The values for total deaths and injuries are only modified by sub–notification.

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