Objective: To analyze mortality due to vitamin deficiencies in Brazil by five-year trends, sociodemographic profile, place of death, and territorial distribution from 2010 to 2024. Methods: Descriptive ecological study using Mortality Information System data. Deaths of residents whose underlying cause was classified under ICD-10 codes E50–E56 were grouped into 2010–2014, 2015–2019, and 2020–2024. Frequencies, proportions, ratios, and percentage changes were calculated. Results: A total of 940 deaths were recorded. The number increased from 231 to 424 between the first and third periods (83.55%), accelerating in the most recent period. Men accounted for 75.94% of deaths in 2020–2024, when the male-to-female ratio reached 3.16. People aged 60 years or older represented 54.72% of deaths. The Southeast recorded 156 deaths in the last period, followed by the Northeast with 121 and the South with 87. São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Bahia, and Paraná jointly accounted for 55.66% of occurrences. Conclusion: The growth in absolute burden, aging profile, and territorial heterogeneity reveal rare but relevant sentinel events, requiring nutritional surveillance, timely diagnosis, integrated care, and continuous improvement of mortality information.
Ludmila Macêdo Naud, Ana Patrícia Barros Câmara, Jéssica Santos Lemos et al.· Revista de Estudos Interdisc...· 0 citations
Objective: To analyze chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality in Brazil from 2010 to 2024. Methods: An ecological time-series study used data from the Mortality Information System. COPD deaths (ICD-10: J44) were grouped into three five-year periods and analyzed by epidemiological profile, diagnostic category, and macroregion. Results: There were 573,482 deaths, an increase of 18.86%. J44.9 (unspecified COPD) accounted for approximately 85% of records. Men and people aged 60 years or older predominated, with increasing proportions of women and Black and Brown individuals. The Southeast had the largest number, whereas the Northeast and North showed the greatest proportional increases. Conclusion: Mortality remained high, with ageing of deaths, regional differences, and limited diagnostic specificity. Strengthening tobacco control, early diagnosis, exacerbation management, and death-cause certification is recommended.
Alana Coêlho Maciel, Thiago Emmanuel Araujo dos Santos, Renato Sarmento dos Reis Moreno et al.· Revista de Estudos Interdisc...· 0 citations
Objective: To analyze the evolution of mortality from systemic arterial hypertension in Brazil according to temporal trends, diagnostic profile, sociodemographic characteristics, and regional distribution from 2010 to 2024. Methods: This was an ecological time-series study using data from the Mortality Information System (SIM). Deaths whose underlying cause was classified in categories I10 to I15 of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), corresponding to hypertensive diseases, were included. Records with unknown sex were proportionally redistributed. Data were grouped into three five-year periods and analyzed by diagnostic category, sex, age group, race/skin color, education, marital status, place of death, and macro-region, using frequencies and percentage variation. Results: A total of 816,407 deaths from hypertensive diseases were recorded, with a 43.83% increase between the first and last five-year periods. Essential hypertension (I10) remained the leading cause, increasing from 49.87% to 56.41%. Hypertensive heart disease (I11) decreased proportionally from 37.75% to 31.83%. Deaths predominated among women, people aged 60 years or older, individuals with low education, and widowed persons. Increases were observed among Black and Brown populations, along with fewer missing records, growth in home deaths, and increases in all macro-regions, especially the South. Conclusion: Mortality from hypertensive diseases increased markedly, reflecting population aging, diagnostic changes, and sociodemographic and regional inequalities.
Alana Coêlho Maciel, Renato Sarmento dos Reis Moreno, Ana Patrícia Barros Câmara et al.· Revista de Estudos Interdisc...· 0 citations
Mortality remains high and unequal, requiring cardiovascular prevention, improved stroke care pathways, rehabilitation, and reduction of regional inequities from 2010 to 2024.
Alana Coêlho Maciel, Renato Sarmento dos Reis Moreno, Ana Patrícia Barros Câmara et al.· Revista de Estudos Interdisc...· 0 citations
Chronic kidney disease mortality increased in Brazil, with ageing of deaths, persistent male excess mortality, an increasing share among Black and Brown individuals, and regional differences from 2010 to 2024.
Alana Coêlho Maciel, T. Santos, Renato Sarmento dos Reis Moreno et al.· Revista de Estudos Interdisc...· 0 citations
Neoplasm mortality increased markedly in Brazil, reflecting population aging, epidemiological transition, regional inequalities, and the need to strengthen prevention, screening, early diagnosis, oncology care, surveillance, equity, and health information.
Alana Coêlho Maciel, Renato Sarmento dos Reis Moreno, Ana Patrícia Barros Câmara et al.· Revista de Estudos Interdisc...· 0 citations