title: Use of capture-recapture method to improve the notification of fatal occupational injuries records in Belo Horizonte city, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, 2011.
abstract: to measure underreporting of typical fatal occupational injuries (FOI) on the Mortality Information System (SIM) in Belo Horizonte city, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in 2011.
  
  
  
  the capture-recapture method was used to assess all FOI recorded among city residents and/or occurring in the city, using probabilistic linkage of three data sources: SIM, the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN) and the Belo Horizonte Forensic Medicine Institute Autopsy Database.
  
  
  
  the majority of the 54 cases found occurred in males (n=53), with drivers and construction workers accounting for half of them (n=28); the most common causes of death were traffic accidents (n=18) and falls (n=10); 15 deaths were underreported on SIM.
  
  
  
  the use of the capture-recapture method contributed to the detection of FOI underreporting.
authors.affiliation: Polícia Civil do Estado de Minas Gerais, Posto Médico Legal, Ribeirão das Neves-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Polyanna Helena Coelho
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Bordoni
authors.affiliation: Polícia Civil do Estado de Minas Gerais, Instituto Médico Legal, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Leonardo Santos
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Bordoni
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Gerência de Saúde do Trabalhador, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jussara de Medeiros
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Gerência de Epidemiologia e Informação, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eliane de Freitas
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Drumond
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000401:mortality; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D060389:Construction Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult