Regional Distribution of Causes of Death for Small Areas in Brazil, 1998–2017
Background: What is the spatial pattern of mortality by cause and sex in Brazil? Even considering the main causes of death, such as neoplasms, cardiovascular diseases, external causes, respiratory diseases, and infectious diseases, there are still important debate regarding the spatial pattern of mo...
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doaj-d1242b0e9a1d4da78ca96bab0658e4e42021-04-27T12:03:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652021-04-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.601980601980Regional Distribution of Causes of Death for Small Areas in Brazil, 1998–2017Emerson Augusto Baptista0Bernardo Lanza Queiroz1Pedro Cisalpino Pinheiro2Asian Demographic Research Institute (ADRI), Shanghai University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Demography, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, BrazilDepartment of Demography, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, BrazilBackground: What is the spatial pattern of mortality by cause and sex in Brazil? Even considering the main causes of death, such as neoplasms, cardiovascular diseases, external causes, respiratory diseases, and infectious diseases, there are still important debate regarding the spatial pattern of mortality by causes in Brazil. Evidence shows that there is an overlap in transitional health states, due to the persistence of infectious diseases (e.g., dengue, cholera, malaria, etc.,) in parallel with the increase in chronic degenerative diseases. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution of three groups of causes of death in Brazil across small areas from 1998 to 2017, by sex.Methods: We use publicly available data from the System Data Mortality Information (SIM-DATASUS) from 1998 to 2017. We focus on this period due to the better quality of information, in addition to all deaths are registered following the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). We estimate standardized mortality rates by sex and cause aggregated into three main groups. We use a ternary color scheme to maximize all the information in a three-dimensional array of compositional data.Results: We find improvements in mortality from chronic degenerative diseases; faster declines are observed in the Southern regions of the country; but the persistence of high levels of mortality due to infectious diseases remained in the northern parts of the country. We also find impressive differences in external causes of deaths between males and females and an increase in mortality from these causes in the interior part of the country.Conclusions: This study provides useful information for policy makers in establishing effective measures for the prevention of deaths and public health planning for deaths from external and non-communicable causes. We observed how the distribution of causes of death varies across regions and how the patterns of mortality also vary by gender.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.601980/fullmortalitycauses of deathternary color codingsmall-areasmicro-regionsBrazil |
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Regional Distribution of Causes of Death for Small Areas in Brazil, 1998–2017 |
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Regional Distribution of Causes of Death for Small Areas in Brazil, 1998–2017 |
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Regional Distribution of Causes of Death for Small Areas in Brazil, 1998–2017 |
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Regional Distribution of Causes of Death for Small Areas in Brazil, 1998–2017 |
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Regional Distribution of Causes of Death for Small Areas in Brazil, 1998–2017 |
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regional distribution of causes of death for small areas in brazil, 1998–2017 |
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Background: What is the spatial pattern of mortality by cause and sex in Brazil? Even considering the main causes of death, such as neoplasms, cardiovascular diseases, external causes, respiratory diseases, and infectious diseases, there are still important debate regarding the spatial pattern of mortality by causes in Brazil. Evidence shows that there is an overlap in transitional health states, due to the persistence of infectious diseases (e.g., dengue, cholera, malaria, etc.,) in parallel with the increase in chronic degenerative diseases. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution of three groups of causes of death in Brazil across small areas from 1998 to 2017, by sex.Methods: We use publicly available data from the System Data Mortality Information (SIM-DATASUS) from 1998 to 2017. We focus on this period due to the better quality of information, in addition to all deaths are registered following the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). We estimate standardized mortality rates by sex and cause aggregated into three main groups. We use a ternary color scheme to maximize all the information in a three-dimensional array of compositional data.Results: We find improvements in mortality from chronic degenerative diseases; faster declines are observed in the Southern regions of the country; but the persistence of high levels of mortality due to infectious diseases remained in the northern parts of the country. We also find impressive differences in external causes of deaths between males and females and an increase in mortality from these causes in the interior part of the country.Conclusions: This study provides useful information for policy makers in establishing effective measures for the prevention of deaths and public health planning for deaths from external and non-communicable causes. We observed how the distribution of causes of death varies across regions and how the patterns of mortality also vary by gender. |
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