title: [Quantification of the Nelson de Moraes's indicator (curve of proportional mortality). Revista de Saúde Pública, 7:103-13, 1973].
abstract: Working with the Nelson de Moraes's indicator (curve of proportional mortality) it is introduced a criterion to quantify the curves, trying in this way a numeric value that, synthetizing the contribution of the different age groups to the mortality, indicates the level of health.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Social, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: José da Silva
authors.initials: Jda S
authors.lastname: Guedes
authors.forename: Marilda Lauretti da Silva
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Guedes
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009026:Mortality; D012016:Reference Values; D014798:Vital Statistics