OBJECTIVE: To analyze the quality of the field municipality of residence in the Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System (SIH-SUS). METHODS: We selected hospitalizations of women diagnosed with primary breast cancer and cervical cancer and who died during hospital admission in the state of Rio de Janeiro, 2001-2002. These records were compared manually with the death records of residents in the state of Rio de Janeiro, 2001-2002, considered the reference for comparison. RESULTS: Of 808 hospital deaths records: 16 (1.9%) were not found in the Mortality Information System, in 670 (82.9%) municipalities of residence coincided, 78 (9.6%) indicated municipality of residence Rio de Janeiro, different from that found in the SIM, and, of these, 53 (74.6%) were municipalities in the metropolitan region. The kappa coefficient was 0.80 (95%CI 0.76-0.84). CONCLUSION: There was high overall agreement, lower when the woman did not live in the capital proper, but in its surroundings.
information; vital statistics; hospital information systems; hospital mortality; breast neoplasms; uterine cervical neoplasms