title: Mortality in Brazil according to gender perspective, years 2000 and 2010.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Fernandes Figueira Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
authors.forename: Erly Catarina de
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Collective Health, Universidade de Brasília - Brasília (DF), Brazil.
authors.forename: Wallace Dos
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Collective Health, Universidade de Brasília - Brasília (DF), Brazil.
authors.forename: Alice Cristina Medeiros das
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.affiliation: Department of Programmatic and Strategic Actions, Secretaria de Atenção à Saúde , Ministério da Saúde - Brasília (DF), Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.affiliation: Fernandes Figueira Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
authors.forename: Romeu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gomes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult