Mortalidade por causas externas e seus diferenciais: uma análise para as mesorregiões do estado da Paraíba, 1980 a 2010

Abstract

Since the 1980s, external causes have become one of the main causes of death in Brazil, generating consequences in several sectors of society, such as increased hospital admissions, loss of human capital, and social and psychological consequences. In this context, the present study aimed to identify mortality differentials from external causes in Paraíba mesoregions from 1980 to 2010, using socioeconomic and demographic variables such as sex, age, schooling, race and geographic space to identify population groups at risk and provide specific information for policies and preventive campaigns for this type of death. Data were collected on the website of the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS), in the years 1980, 1991, 2000 and 2010, for the state of Paraíba and mesoregions. The specific mortality rates (TEM) by external causes and life table were calculated to analyze the differentials of this type of death. It was verified in this study that the main victims of deaths due to external causes are males, in the age group of 20 to 29 years, brown, with low level of schooling and who live in the Mata Paraibana mesoregion.