Mortality from acute myocardial infarction in Brazil: 1996-2017

• Autor(a) principal: Benito, Linconl Agudo Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Nunes, Adriano Alves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: REVISA : Revista de Divulgação Científica Sena Aires (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rdcsa.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/186
• topic: Mortalidade; Epidemiologia; Infarto agudo do miocárdio; Brasil; Mortality; Epidemiology; Acute myocardial infarction; Brazil

Objective: To analyze mortality from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Brazilfrom 1996 to 2017. Method: Epidemiological, exploratory, descriptive andquantitative study. Data were extracted from the Mortality Information Service(SIM) of the Ministry of Health (MS). Descriptive statistical analysis wasperformed. Results: A universe of 1,592,197 records was identified, with mean andstandard deviation of (72,373±12,999.9). The year 2016 recorded the highestpreponderance with 5.9% (n=94,148) and 1996 the lowest with 3.5% (n=55,900). Thegreatest preponderance consisted of 59.1% (n=940,552) male, 25.6% (n=407,340)were between 70 and 79 years old, 54.7% (n=871,319) were white , 45.5%(n=725,234) were married, 20.7% (n=328,981) had 1 to 3 years of schooling, 55.6%(n=885,368) had their deaths registered at the hospital. Conclusion: An increase inthe frequency of death records due to AMI was identified in the geographical andhistorical area analyzed.