Desigualdades sociais na mortalidade cardiovascular precoce em um município de médio porte no Brasil

• Autor(a) principal: Nogueira, Mário Círio
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, Luiz Cláudio, Cruz, Oswaldo Gonçalves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/4065
• topic: Doenças Cardiovasculares; Mortalidade; Iniqüidade Social; Estudos Ecológicos

Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in many countries. In Brazil, premature cardiovascular death is more frequent than in wealthy countries. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between premature cardiovascular death and socioeconomic conditions in urban areas. The study design was ecological, with the urban areas of a medium-size municipality in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, as the units of analysis. The relationship between standardized mortality ratio and social development index (SDI) was studied with a binomial negative generalized linear model. The urban regions with the best socioeconomic conditions had significantly lower cardiovascular mortality. The reduction of socioeconomic inequalities in medium-size cities could help decrease health inequities.