Estimating completeness of national and subnational death reporting in Brazil: application of record linkage methods

Table 2 Estimated deaths not captured using GLM, by selected population sub-groups, Brazil, 2015 and 2016

Category	2015		2016
Category	Estimated deaths	%	Estimated deaths	%
Total deaths not captured by either system	2705	100	1929	100
State—Pará	413	15.3	304	15.8
State—Maranhão	694	25.7	530	27.5
State—Bahia	385	14.2	304	15.9
Age—85+	606	22.4	445	23.1
Place of death—hospital	896	33.1	622	32.2
Place of death–household	1336	49.4	984	51.0
Cause of death—natural death	2384	88.1	1702	88.2
Municipality—1st decile of population density	870	32.2	644	33.4
Municipality—2nd decile of population density	573	21.2	411	21.3
Municipality—1st decile of education level	1032	38.2	767	39.8
Municipality—2nd decile of education level	746	27.6	518	26.9

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