Stroke and ischemic heart disease mortality trends in Brazil from 1979 to 1996.
Stroke and ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality rates were analyzed in Brazilian subjects older than 30 years of age from 1979 to 1996. Population estimates were based on census surveys. Mortality data were obtained from the Ministry of Health. For stroke, the age-adjusted death rate (ADR) dropped from 200 to 164 and from 168 to 130 deaths/100,000 population in men and women, respectively (p < 0.001), in the interval study. For IHD, the ADR dropped from 194 to 164 and from 119 to 105 deaths/100,000 population in men and women, respectively (p < 0.001), in the same time period. Mortality from stroke and IHD combined was greater in men for all age groups (p < 0.001). Stroke was the most frequent cause of death in both women and men except for men aged between 40 and 69 years, in whom IHD was more common. Stroke and IHD were the main causes of death in the Brazilian population.
de Padua Mansur
Antonio
A
Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil. corantonio@incor.usp.br
de Fátima Marinho do Souza
Maria
M
Favarato
Desidério
D
Avakian
Solange Desirée
SD
Machado César
Luiz Antonio
LA
Mendes Aldrigui
José
J
Franchini Ramires
José Antonio
JA
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000401:mortality*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D020521:Stroke / Q000401:mortality*; D013997:Time Factors