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Table 2 Deaths classified as garbage codes (GC) according to selected variables. Brazil, 2016

From: Changes in the quality of cause-of-death statistics in Brazil: garbage codes among registered deaths in 1996–2016

Variable

Garbage codes

Non-GC (%)a

Total deaths (%)b

Level 1 (%)a

Level 2 (%)a

Level 3 (%)a

Level 4 (%)a

Total GC (%)a

Age

 < 01

6.0

0.9

3.0

4.2

14.2

85.8

36350 (2.8)

 1–4

20.2

3.4

2.6

12.9

39.1

60.9

6212 (0.5)

 5–9

18.7

3.4

2.5

9.6

34.2

65.8

3297 (0.3)

 10–14

16.9

3.6

2.0

7.7

30.3

69.7

4877 (0.4)

 15–19

8.2

4.1

0.8

6.5

19.6

80.4

21788 (1.7)

 20–29

8.0

4.3

1.2

7.4

20.8

79.2

55643 (4.2)

 30–39

10.6

4.3

2.4

8.8

26.0

74.0

64864 (5.0)

 40–49

12.1

4.4

3.7

10.9

31.1

68.9

92650 (7.1)

 50–59

12.1

4.2

4.4

13.2

33.8

66.2

157797 (12.0)

 60–69

12.0

4.2

4.2

16.7

37.1

62.9

221752 (16.9)

 70–79

13.1

4.5

3.8

20.7

42.1

57.9

265220 (20.2)

 80 e+

16.5

5.7

3.6

23.9

49.6

50.4

376145 (28.7)

Missing

23.6

11.2

1.4

12.2

48.4

51.6

3179 (0.2)

Place of deatha

 Hospital/health facility

11.4

3.7

4.0

19.2

38.3

61.7

948085 (72.4)

 Home

21.3

7.5

3.2

14.1

46.0

54.0

256134 (19.6)

 Street

5.2

4.4

0.3

9.3

19.2

80.8

59974 (4.6)

 Others

13.2

7.2

1.4

9.4

31.3

68.7

44110 (3.4)

 Missing

24.0

8.6

2.1

10.3

45.1

54.9

1471 (0.1)

Who signed the original DC

 Attending physician

12.6

4.0

4.0

19.3

39.9

60.1

343891 (26.3)

 Substitute physician

12.4

3.4

4.4

19.3

39.4

60.6

293661 (22.4)

 Forensic institute physician

12.4

14.9

0.7

8.1

36.1

63.9

175410 (13.4)

 SVO physicianc

14.4

3.8

2.9

15.0

36.1

63.9

86830 (6.6)

 Other physician

18.2

5.1

4.2

18.0

45.5

54.5

271228 (20.7)

 Missing

26.2

5.4

3.6

17.2

52.5

47.5

138754 (10.6)

  1. aFractions of each row total
  2. bFractions of all deaths (n = 1309774)
  3. cSVO physician = physician from the Death Verification Service.