Table 2.
Deaths classified as garbage codes (GC) according to selected variables. Brazil, 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) |
aFractions of each row total
bFractions of all deaths (n = 1309774)
cSVO physician = physician from the Death Verification Service.