Mortality in Brazil according to gender perspective, years 2000 and 2010.
Rev Bras Epidemiol
; 19(2): 326-38, 2016.
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OBJECTIVE: The article assessed the overall mortality in Brazil in 2000 and 2010. METHODS: Data source was the Mortality Information System from Ministry of Health of Brazil. RESULTS: The data show the high rate of mortality among men compared to women between ages of 20 to 59 years and an expressive lower life expectancy by this population. The main groups of death were: external causes; diseases of the circulatory system, diseases of the digestive system, infectious and parasitic diseases, diseases of the respiratory system; mental and behavioral disorders; diseases of the nervous system; endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases; neoplasia and diseases of the genitourinary system. CONCLUSION: Unequal gender relations and distinct characteristics of exposure to risk factors can explain this mortality, highlighting the need to bring critical incorporation of relational gender perspective by public health policies.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Mortalidade
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Causas de Morte
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Bras Epidemiol
Assunto da revista:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil