Transition towards cancer mortality predominance over cardiovascular disease mortality in Brazil, 2000-2019: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer are the first and second leading causes of death in Brazil and worldwide. However, an ongoing epidemiological transition in which cancer surpasses CVD has been observed in many high and middle-income countries. In this study, we provided a nationwide analysis of the transition towards cancer mortality predominance over CVD mortality in Brazil.

Methods

We leveraged data from 5570 municipalities using the Mortality Information System and classified the causes of death using ICD-10 codes. Age-standardized CVD and cancer mortality rates were calculated annually between 2000 and 2019. Mortality rate ratios (MRRs = CVD rates divided by cancer rates) described the predominance of cancer or CVD mortality across municipalities and st

SUBMITTER: Rache B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11489041 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature