Transition of the morbidity and mortality profile in a municipality in the interior of the Brazilian Amazon

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Gabriel de Deus Vieira, Sergio de Almeida Basano, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Cause of death; Mortality; Amazon; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Monte Negro
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0075-2016; https://doaj.org/article/27b7380a88f44546859b9035fdf0c178

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The morbidity and mortality profile in a given region reflects its quality of life and provides tools for improving public health policies in that region. METHODS A cross-sectional epidemiological study was performed using secondary mortality data collected from the Monte Neg...