Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia (Sep 2011)

Mortalidade por raça/cor: evidências de desigualdades sociais em Vitória (ES), Brasil Mortality by race/color: evidence of social inequalities in Vitória (ES), Brazil

  • Nathalia Modenesi Fiorio,
  • Luisa Sorio Flor,
  • Monique Padilha,
  • Denise Silveira de Castro,
  • Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-790X2011000300016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 3
pp. 522 – 530

Abstract

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OBJETIVO: Analisar a mortalidade por causa básica, sexo e raça/cor a partir do sistema de informações sobre mortalidade (SIM), em Vitória (ES), no período de 2003 a 2006. MÉTODOS: Foram calculados e analisados os coeficientes de mortalidade, segundo causa básica e sexo por raça/cor, bem como a idade média e mediana de óbito por causa básica, sexo e raça/cor. Foi calculado o risco relativo (RR) por sexo, idade e causa básica (pOBJECTIVE: To analyze mortality by cause and sex among groups of race or color from the mortality information system (MIS) in Vitória (Brazil), in the period from 2003 to 2006. METHODS: We calculated and analyzed the mortality rates according to underlying cause, sex and race/color, and the mean and median age of death by underlying cause, sex and race. We calculated the relative risk (RR) for age, sex and underlying cause (p<0.05 and CI 95%). RESULTS: The completeness of race/color in SIM ranged from 1% in 1996 to 81% in 2006. There was a greater RR of death among blacks for mental and behavioral disorders (RR=9.29), Ill-defined causes (RR=8.71), and external causes (RR=5.71). For black women, we highlight the external causes (RR=2.38). We found a variation of up to 33 years (nervous system) between whites and blacks. CONCLUSION: This study confirms the existence of unequal racial/ethnic mortality, highlighting the mortality from mental disorders and external causes, in addition to early mortality that occurs in the black population.

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