Mortalidade, anos potenciais de vida perdidos e incidência de acidentes de trabalho na Bahia, Brasil

This study of occupational accidents presents estimates for mortality, years of potential life lost, and cumulative incidence of severe cases (over 15 workdays lost) in Bahia State, Brazil, 2000. A correction factor was produced by comparing different data sources. Data were taken from compensation...

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Autores: Santana, Vilma Souza, Araújo-Filho, José Bouzas, Silva, Marlene, Albuquerque-Oliveira, Paulo Rogério, Barbosa-Branco, Anadergh, Nobre, Letícia Coelho da Costa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Repositorio:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.teste-cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br:article/3390
Acceso en línea:https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/3390
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acidentes de Trabalho
Anos Potenciais de Vida Perdidos
Incidência
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Sumario:This study of occupational accidents presents estimates for mortality, years of potential life lost, and cumulative incidence of severe cases (over 15 workdays lost) in Bahia State, Brazil, 2000. A correction factor was produced by comparing different data sources. Data were taken from compensation claims in the National Social Security Unified Benefits System (SUB), death certificates from the Ministry of Health Mortality Information System, and national census. Occupational accident-related mortality was estimated as 0.79 per 100,000 workers using the Mortality Information System, but increased to 13.17 per 100,000 using the SUB database. Assuming the latter result for the entire workforce produced a correction factor of 16.67 for the Mortality Information System database. Years of potential life lost were 23,249, and the cumulative incidence of severe occupational accidents was 2.3%. Occupational accidents are preventable, but still common in Brazil. Underreporting is widespread, and corrected statistics need to be published, thereby turning this neglected public health problem into a policy priority.