Altos coeficientes de mortalidade em populaçoes adultas brasileiras--uma comparação internacional / High mortality rates among Brazilian adult populations--an international comparison
Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992)
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38(3): 138-144, Jul.-Set. 1992.
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in Portuguese
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RESUMO
Adult disease in an increasingly important public health problem in Brazil. In order to compare adult mortality in Brazil to that in other countries, age-adjusted coefficients for adults aged 30-69 of the States of São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul and of the city of Fortaleza (Ceará State) are compared to those of similarly aged adults in a series of 33, principally European, countries. The Brazilian population coefficients for overall, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular mortality are among the highest of the series; those for ischemic heart disease occupy median positions. These comparisons illustrate the precarious state of adult health in Brazil and, given the growing possibilities of preventing cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases, help demonstrate the need for preventive programs in Brazil aimed at the major common and lethal diseases of the productive years of life.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Mortality
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992)
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/BR
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