[Declared maternal death and the linkage between health information systems].

Objective: To describe the characteristics of maternal mortality according to the Mortality Information System in relation to the data corresponding to these records that are in other systems.

Methods: This was a descriptive study using two information systems on vital data and another on the hospital system, for the 26 state capitals and the Federal District of Brazil, in 2002. Initially, the maternal mortality ratios were calculated and information on declared maternal deaths were obtained.

[Climacteric syndrome: a population-based study in Campinas, SP, Brazil].

Objectives: To study the prevalence of climacteric, urogenital and sexual symptoms in a population of Brazilian women.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive population-based study was conducted. The selection of 456 women aged 45-60 years, living in Campinas, SP, in 1997, was done through area cluster sampling, according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.