Abstract
Background
The debate on deaths in the Brazilian population census has been resumed by the proximity of the next 2020 census. There are some advantages in obtaining death information through the census, but it is important to ensure the quality of this information.
Objective
To analyze the quality of the age declaration for the 2010 demographic census death data.
Method
Information on household deaths collected from the 2010 IBGE demographic census questionnaire was used. The analysis was performed from the Whipple and Myers indices.
Results
For Brazil as a whole, the observed results attest to a good quality of the death declaration data. However, when the analysis at the state level is stratified, some distortions were found, especially in the North and Midwest areas.
Conclusion
The use of mortality data for macro-level analyzes of the country as a whole does not require adjustments to suit the quality of the information, as well as for analysis in terms of large regions.
Keywords:
data quality; Whipple index; Myers index; mortality; demographic census
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