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OBJECTIVE: To analyze differential changes of rates and stratification of mortality by gender and causes of death in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte (RMBH) and Salvador (RMS) between 1985 and 1995. METHODS: The Ministry of Health's Mortality Information System (SIM) provides data on death causes by age and sex that was used for this study. The groups of death causes were classified according to two major groups (preventable and non-preventable) and the decomposition method presented by Pollard was applied to analyze the contribution of each group of death causes in the changes in life expectation. RESULTS: There have been changes in the pace of the current mortality rate decline in RMBH and RMS, which have resulted in a reduction in the differences between the mortality rates in both areas. In both areas there was a substantial reduction in the mortality rates in the group of preventable causes, especially among women. CONCLUSIONS: There is still a structure of death causes, which seems to indicate that the improvement in mortality among the poor has been lower than it was expected.
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Mortalidade/tendências , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Brasil/epidemiologia , Causas de Morte , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Expectativa de Vida , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Distribuição por Sexo , População Urbana/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
A clinical-epidemiologic study of schistosomiasis mansoni was conducted in the population of Ponte do Pasmado, a village in the municipality of Itinga, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Faecal parasitology by the Kato-Katz method and clinical examination were performed in 93.8% and 82.8% of the local population, respectively. A socioeconomic survey was also made and the signs and symptoms presented by the patients were recorded, as well as their contacts with natural waters. The rate of Schistosoma mansoni infection was 50.3%; the peak of infection occurred during the second decade of life; there was a predominance of low egg counts in faeces (85.89% of positive patients eliminated less than 500 eggs per gram of faeces); the splenomegaly rate was 1.23%. When the risk factors for S. mansoni infection were studied, significant risks were detected in activities such as fetching water, washing dishes, bathing, and crossing streams.
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Esquistossomose mansoni/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Brasil/epidemiologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Fezes/parasitologia , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Contagem de Ovos de Parasitas/métodos , Fatores de Risco , Esquistossomose mansoni/diagnóstico , Fatores SocioeconômicosRESUMO
The author reports a case of neurocysticercosis and hypoparathyroidism in a 28 year-old female with bilateral symmetric basal ganglia calcification demonstrable by C.A.T.-Scan. A brief review of the literature is made in order to show why the eponym "Fahr's disease" should not be applied to this case.
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Encefalopatias/complicações , Calcinose/complicações , Cisticercose/complicações , Hipoparatireoidismo/complicações , Adulto , Feminino , HumanosRESUMO
Relata-se um caso de neurocisticercose associada a hipoparatireoidismo.Discuti-se a relacao destes com a "doenca de Fahr" apos breve revisao critica da literatura