Abstract

TAVARES, Jessica; LOVATE, Thaís  and  ANDRADE, Ítala. Epidemiological transition and external causes of mortality at southeast region of Brazil. GOT [online]. 2018, n.15, pp.453-479. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2018.15.019.

The study present in this paper within the field of population geography, and use the theory of epidemiological transition as a basis. Data from groups of causes of mortality in Brazil (CID-10) made available by the Ministry of Health were analyzed as well as data from the external causes group, of the categories: road traffic accident and aggressions, specifically, states of Southeast region in Brazil. Indicators of proportional mortality by groups of causes, sex ratio, age proportion and sex proportion were calculated with this data. As a result of indicators for the year 2015 it was noted the majority of mortality for degenerative diseases to the detriment of deaths due to infectious and parasitic diseases was observed. Young men presented an excess mortality in relation to deaths by transports accidents and aggressions.

Keywords : epidemiologic transition; mortality; external causes; road traffic accident; aggressions; southeast region.

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