title: [Evaluation of data on live birth certificates from the Information System on Live Births (SINASC) in Campinas, São Paulo, 2009].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the completeness and reliability of the Information System on Live Births (Sinasc) data.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional analysis of the reliability and completeness of Sinasc's data was performed using a sample of Live Birth Certificate (LBC) from 2009, related to births from Campinas, Southeast Brazil. For data analysis, hospitals were grouped according to category of service (Unified National Health System, private or both), 600 LBCs were randomly selected and the data were collected in LBC-copies through mothers and newborns' hospital records and by telephone interviews. The completeness of LBCs was evaluated, calculating the percentage of blank fields, and the LBCs agreement comparing the originals with the copies was evaluated by Kappa and intraclass correlation coefficients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The percentage of completeness of LBCs ranged from 99.8%-100%. For the most items, the agreement was excellent. However, the agreement was acceptable for marital status, maternal education and newborn infants' race/color, low for prenatal visits and presence of birth defects, and very low for the number of deceased children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results showed that the municipality Sinasc is reliable for most of the studied variables. Investments in training of the professionals are suggested in an attempt to improve system capacity to support planning and implementation of health activities for the benefit of maternal and child population.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Guilherme Paiva
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Gabriel
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Letícia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiquetto
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: André Moreno
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Morcillo
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria do Carmo
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ivan Gilberto M
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Bazan
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luísa Dias
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Daolio
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jéssica J Rocha
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lemos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brasil. Electronic address: ecarniel@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Emília de Faria
authors.initials: Ede F
authors.lastname: Carniel
mesh_terms: D001719:Birth Certificates; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019992:Databases as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D050498:Live Birth
keywords: Birth certificates; Declaração de nascimento; Information systems; Live births; Nascidos vivos; Sistemas de informação