Rev. bras. epidemiol. vol.19 número1

Both in 1999-2001 and in 2009-2011 the states belonging to the south- ern border of the United States had lower rates of avoidable mortality rates than those observed in the

The number of expected deaths was obtained by multiplying the mortality rate from external causes of morbidity and mortality of the stan- dard population by age group (rates

This preliminary analyses of stroke mortality in the city of São Paulo provided a confirmation of the higher burden of cerebrovascular diseases among Black people and also a

Methods: We analyzed the mortality due to ischemic heart diseases (IHD), cerebrovascular diseases (CbVD) and external causes (EC) in the population of the metropolitan region of

The analysis of the correlation between the IHD mortality rate, standardized by gender and age, and socioeconomic variables found some associations which, albeit weak,

Using the Information System of Mortality from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, data about deaths from the four major basic causes of cardiovascular diseases were collected,

In conclusion, men present higher rate of mortality than women do between 20 and 59 years old for external causes; diseases of the circulatory system; diseases of the digestive

Observing the causes of ACSC, it was found that groups were awarded related to chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cerebrovascular who also were among the main causes