Open AccessEpidemiological profile and temporal trend of mortality from cerebrovascular diseases in Northeast of Brazil, 1996-2016
Author(s) -
Rodrigo da Rosa Mesquita,
Tatiana Farias de Oliveira,
Gibson Barros de Almeida Santana,
Antônio Leopoldo do Nascimento Gama Albuquerque,
Amanda Karine Barros Ferreira Rodrigues,
Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5327/1516-3180.600
Subject(s) - demography , epidemiology , medicine , mortality rate , marital status , population , stroke (engine) , surgery , environmental health , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering
Background: Cerebrovascular diseases represent the second leading cause of mortality in the world and Brazil occupies the leadership in the ranking of mortality in South America. Objectives: This study sought to analyze the sociodemographic profile and the time trend of the mortality rate from cerebrovascular disease in the Northeast of Brazil, 1996-2016. Methods: This is an ecological study of time series involving deaths from cerebrovascular diseases in the Northeastern of Brazil, 1996-2016. Sociodemographic variables (age, schooling, marital status, skin color, ICD category and federation units) were included and calculated crude and standardized mortality rates, according to gender and age group. A joinpoint regression model was applied for the temporal analysis, with a level of significance of 5%. Results: There were 490.433 deaths from cerebrovascular diseases in the Northeast of Brazil, 1996-2016. Of these deaths, 50,03% (n = 245.354) were women, 79,72% (n = 390.957) elderly, 46,66% (n = 228.851) brown, 51,81% (n = 332.439) illiterate and 37,93% (n = 186.014) were married. Of the causes of death, 56,63% (n = 277.741) resulted from stroke, not specified as hemorrhagic or ischemic (I64). In the Northeast, there was a predominance of the elderly population, with growth of 1.2% (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Standardized mortality increased in four states, being higher in Maranhão and Piauí, with a predominance of females and age equal to or above 60 years.