Mortality by race/color: evidence of social inequalities in Vitória (ES), Brazil

To analyze mortality by cause and sex among groups of race or color from the mortality information system (MIS) in Vitória (Brazil), in the period from 2003 to 2006. We calculated and analyzed the mortality rates according to underlying cause, sex and race/color, and the mean and median age of death...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de epidemiologia 2011-09, Vol.14 (3), p.522-530
Main Authors: Fiorio, Nathalia Modenesi, Flor, Luisa Sorio, Padilha, Monique, de Castro, Denise Silveira, Molina, Maria Del Carmen Bisi
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
African Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brazil - epidemiology
Cause of Death
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality - ethnology
Socioeconomic Factors
Young Adult
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Summary:To analyze mortality by cause and sex among groups of race or color from the mortality information system (MIS) in Vitória (Brazil), in the period from 2003 to 2006. We calculated and analyzed the mortality rates according to underlying cause, sex and race/color, and the mean and median age of death by underlying cause, sex and race. We calculated the relative risk (RR) for age, sex and underlying cause (p
ISSN:1980-5497