Aids as underlying and associated causes of death, State of S. Paulo, Brazil, 1998
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)...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2000 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/25085 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/25085 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | 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 |
| Resumo: | 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 |
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