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Eliana Barreto Fixina | Zendy; Eulália Maria Chaves Maia | Zendy; Dario De Queiroz Ribeiro | Zendy

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The Behavior Associated to Death from External Causes in Elderly People in Brazil

Author(s) -

Eliana Barreto Fixina,

Eulália Maria Chaves Maia,

Dario De Queiroz Ribeiro

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international archives of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1755-7682

DOI - 10.3823/2535

Subject(s) - medicine , population , demography , gerontology , informatics , environmental health , law , sociology , political science

METHODS: This is an ecological study that aimed to understand the behaviour of deaths from external causes in the population older than 60 years old in all Brazilian states. The data was collected using the Brazilian Mortality Information System and the population data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and from the SUS Informatics Department organized in historic series from 1995 to 2010. \udRESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: It is not possible to deny that deaths from external causes in elder citizens is not in an increasing and statistically significant tendency in most Brazilian states. This brings preoccupation about the issue, since discussions on the subjects are limited in the country, which makes this study good for future references in the field

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