1. [Mortality by race/color: evidence of social inequalities in Vitória (ES), Brazil].
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Fiorio NM, Flor LS, Padilha M, de Castro DS, and Molina Mdel C
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Brazil epidemiology, Cause of Death, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Socioeconomic Factors, Young Adult, Black People statistics & numerical data, Mortality ethnology, White People statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
Objective: 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., Methods: 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<0.05 and CI 95%)., Results: The completeness of race/color in SIM ranged from 1% in 1996 to 81% in 2006. There was a greater RR of death among blacks for mental and behavioral disorders (RR=9.29), Ill-defined causes (RR=8.71), and external causes (RR=5.71). For black women, we highlight the external causes (RR=2.38). We found a variation of up to 33 years (nervous system) between whites and blacks., Conclusion: This study confirms the existence of unequal racial/ethnic mortality, highlighting the mortality from mental disorders and external causes, in addition to early mortality that occurs in the black population.
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- 2011
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