Perfil socioeconômico e demográfico municipal em relação í mortalidade hospitalar de idosos por sexo

Socioeconomic and demographic profile of a district in relation to hospital mortality of elderly by sex Our aim was to describe the socioeconomic and demographic profile of districts of Minas Gerais regarding the mortality rate of the elderly by sex. Ecological study used secondary data from the Department of informatics at the Unified Health System and the Electronic Atlas of Human Development in the 853 cities of Minas Gerais. The segmentation analysis was used to group the cities through socioeconomic and demographic indicators. The grouping 1 was composed of cities with the worst socioeconomic indicators, higher population density and higher Gini index. Grouping 2 composed of Recebido em 12 de maio de 2014; aceito em 18 de agosto de 2014. Endereço para correspondência: Ana cristina Viana campos, Rua Oswaldo cruz 167, São Geraldo, 35700195 Sete Lagoas mG, E-mail: campos.acv@gmail.com