title: [High mortality rates among Brazilian adult populations--an international comparison].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS.
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Polanczyk
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mengue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D002423:Cause of Death; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Altos coeficientes de mortalidade em populações adultas brasileiras--uma comparação internacional.