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Trends in mortality from Alzheimer's disease in Brazil, 2000-2019
Mayara Paschalidis1, Thais Cláudia Roma de Oliveira Konstantyner1, Sharon Sanz Simon2
1Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
to analyze trends in mortality rates due to Alzheimer's disease in Brazil and its macro-regions by age and sex, from 2000 to 2019.
Methods:
this was a time-series study on mortality from Alzheimer's disease in Brazil and its macro-regions by age and sex; data were obtained from the Mortality Information System; a Prais-Winsten model was used to analyze trends.
Results:
there were 211,658 deaths in the period analyzed, with an increasing trend in Alzheimer's disease mortality in Brazil in elderly people aged 60-69 years (APC = 4.3; 95%CI 2.9;5.9), 70-79 years (APC = 8.1; 95%CI 4.8;11.5) and ≥ 80 years (APC = 11.3; 95%CI 8.1;14.6) and in all macro-regions, age groups and sexes.
Conclusion:
Brazil and all its macro-regions showed a rising trend in Alzheimer's disease mortality rates, following the global trend.
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