title: Non-communicable diseases in Brazil: mortality patterns, morbidity studies and risk factors.
abstract: The aim of this presentation is to give an overview on non-communicable diseases in Brazil and to speculate about singular data that have been described in our country. The high rates of esophageal cancer, the elevated high blood pressure prevalence and some determinants of the decline of cardiovascular mortality are discussed more deeply.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lotufo
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D001938:Brazil; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology