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Wilson Sabino1, Enrique Regidor, Angel Otero
1Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España. sabinow@uol.com.br
Objective:
To determine changing patterns in the main causes of mortality Brazilian regions between 1980 and 2000 taking into consideration the inequalities among territories and epidemiological transition.
Material And Methods:
Data was gathered from the Information System of the state of São Paulo. Age-standardized mortality rates were calculated using the European population as reference. The average annual increase was calculated using linear regression models.
Result:
Mortality rates due to ill-defined causes of death, assaults and homicide, and HIV infection increased in men and women while mortality due to cardiovascular disease, pneumonia and influenza significantly decreased.
Conclusion:
The epidemiological transition in Brazil differs from that of developed countries and other Latin American countries, since causes of death connected with both developed and developing countries coexist.
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