Mortality from Complications of Medical Assistance in Brazil from 2000 to 2010 / Mortalidade Por Complicações de Assistência Médica no Brasil de 2000 a 2010
Analyze the epidemiological profile of the Brazilian populationmortality from complications arising from medical and surgical assistance, registered in the database of the MortalityInformation System (SIM), from January 2000 to December 2010, according to the place of occurrence. Ecological study on mortality from complications of medical and surgical assistance, from January 2000 to December 2010, date provided online, via Tabnet, by the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System-DATASUS. Women (52.3%), white (64%) in old age (65.6%), are more prone to complications arising from medical and surgical assistance. The most frequent adverse event was the abnormal reaction or late complication caused by surgery and other surgical acts, without mentioning accidents during the intervention and the majority of deaths (93%) occurred in hospitals. Increased rates of mortality are highlighted in the Northeast and Southeast regions of Brazil. The analysis of mortality on individual and organizational elements, suggest, the potential protectors to the death, the increase in schooling, the average income per capita household and professional investment in the basic attention to health. Changing the punitive posture is an educational stance within the institutions, at the prevention of damage and conscientious record of notifications can subsidize the increase in notifications and, consequently, of the analytical possibilities of this theme. (AU).