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Health transition in Brazil: regional variations and divergence/convergence in mortality

Overview of attention for article published in Cadernos de Saúde Pública, August 2017
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Title
Health transition in Brazil: regional variations and divergence/convergence in mortality
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Cadernos de Saúde Pública, August 2017
DOI 10.1590/0102-311x00080316
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Gabriel Mendes Borges

Abstract

This study analyzes the main characteristics of the health transition in Brazil and its five major regions, using a framework that accounts for regional inequalities in mortality trends. The regional mortality divergence/convergence process is described and discussed by considering the specific contributions of age groups and causes of death in life expectancy variations. Results show that mortality change in Brazil has follow the epidemiologic transition theory to some extent during the period under analysis - for instance, the sharp decline in infant mortality in all regions (first from infectious and parasitic diseases and then from causes associated with the perinatal period) and the increase in the participation of chronic and degenerative diseases as the main cause of death. However, some features of Brazilian transition have not followed the linear and unidirectional pattern proposed by the epidemiologic transition theory, which helps to understand the periods of regional divergence in life expectancy, despite the long-term trends showing reducing regional inequalities. The emergence of HIV/AIDS, the persistence of relatively high levels of other infections and parasitic diseases, the regional differences in the unexpected mortality improvements from cardiovascular diseases, and the rapid and strong variations in mortality from external causes are some of the examples.

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Unknown 53 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 12 23%
Researcher 5 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Student > Postgraduate 3 6%
Other 2 4%
Other 6 11%
Unknown 22 42%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 13%
Social Sciences 6 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 8%
Engineering 3 6%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 6%
Other 6 11%
Unknown 24 45%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 November 2023.
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#2,580,672
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#65
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#46,989
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#2
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