Quality of children's death records for regionalized spaces: a methodological route

ABSTRACT: Objectives: To propose a methodological path to investigate the coverage and information filling of maternal-infant deaths recorded in Ministry Health's Mortality Information System for regional spaces. Methods: Four steps were proposed: 1) Assessment completeness maternal child variables, which was measured using deterministic linkage technique between (Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade – SIM) Live Birth Nascidos Vivos SINASC); 2) Application multiple imputation achieve total missing variables; 3) Estimation death coverage; 4) The Unknown Variable Index (Índice Informação Desconhecida da Variável IIDV) measured, represents combined effect data deaths. proposal exemplified neonatal municipalities Paraíba that are part new classification proposed by Brazilian Institute Geography Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro Geografia e Estatística IBGE), as adjacent rural areas, three triennium periods from 2009 2017. Results: percentage matching records 45%. Most variables had non-completion below 10% around 17% mother's education. Coverages ranged 75 83%. IIDV all 21 36% after linkage. Conclusion: proved be effective, can replicated other regions, extended categories such post-neonatal. combination procedures demands low operating costs their uses relatively simple applied managers technicians vital statistics systems.