Multiple Cause of Death Data for Brazil and Colombia, 2019-2022

Brazil and Colombia death certificate data covering 6,207,785 and 1,180,880 residents from 2019 through 2022. The dataset compares underlying cause of death (UCOD) and multiple cause of death (MCOD) methods for diseases like neoplasms, circulatory diseases, diabetes mellitus, and non-COVID communicable diseases. It was created by Doris Durán and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze underestimation of diabetes mortality by comparing MCOD and UCOD methods as described.
• Study cardiovascular disease mortality discrepancies during the pandemic based on the reported extra deaths.
• Compare age-standardized mortality rates for neoplasms and communicable diseases across two countries.
• Assess sex-specific mortality patterns using the reported male and female CVD death figures.
• Evaluate the utility of weighted MCOD methods for public health surveillance planning.

Strengths

• Includes 6,207,785 death records from Brazil.
• Includes 1,180,880 death records from Colombia.
• Covers a four-year time span from 2019 to 2022.
• Provides age- and sex-standardized mortality rates for specific disease groups.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in a DOCX file format, which may require conversion for analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Analysis of all death certificates for residents of Brazil and Colombia.

Time Range

2019-2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 05:01:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brazil and Colombia