Aids as underlying and associated causes of death, State of S. Paulo, Brazil, 1998

• Autor(a) principal: Santo, Augusto Hasiak
• Data de Publicação: 2000
• Outros Autores: Pinheiro, Celso Escobar, Jordani, Margarete Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/25085
• topic: Síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida^i1^smortalid; Causa da morte; Infecções oportunistas relacionadas com a Aids^i1^smortalid; Causa básica da morte; Causalidade; Causas múltiplas de morte; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome^i2^smortal; Cause of death; Aids-related opportunistic infections^i2^smortal; Underlying cause of death; Causality; Multiple causes of death

OBJECTIVES: To describe the Aids mortality according to its underlying and associated causes of death in the State of S. Paulo in 1998. METHODS: Mortality and population data for 1998 were obtained from the State Data Analysis System Department (Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados - Seade). Causes of death were coded according to the Tenth Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. RESULTS: Aids was the underlying cause in 4,619 deaths, corresponding to the 10th leading cause of death (2.0%) and a mortality rate of 13.1/100,000 population. Male/female death ratio and rate ratios were respectively 2.4 and 2.5. Aids was the second leading cause of death among men aged 20--34 and women aged 25--34 years. Median age at death for women (34.1±12.2 years old) was lower than men (36.4±10.7 years old) -- p