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Factors associated with the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in the Brazilia...

Objective: to estimate the prevalence and investigate the sociodemographic, health and lifestyle factors associated with the self-reported diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in the Brazilian adult population. Methods: Data from the National Health Survey (PNS 2019).  The presence of CVD was self-reported through the question: "Has any doctor ever given you a diagnosis of heart disease?". Sociodemogr...

Serological screening for Chagas disease in an endemic region of Northern Minas...

Chagas disease (CD) is still a neglected disease. Infected individuals are diagnosed late, being treated in worse clinical conditions. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the prevalence and the factors associated with new confirmed cases of CD identified by serological screening in an endemic region of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. This is an analytical cross-sectional study with data from a project of the Research...

Fruit and vegetable consumption, leisure-time physical activity and alcohol abu...

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of fruit and vegetable consumption, practice of leisure time physical activity and excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages for small areas of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Methods: Ecological study conducted with data from the telephone survey of Surveillance System of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases. The prevalence of risk and protection factors from 200...

Estimates of prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus according to Heal...

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes for small areas in Belo Horizonte, using the Health Vulnerability Index (HVI). Methods: Ecological study with data from the Surveillance of Risk and Protection Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey (Vigitel) conducted in Belo Horizonte, from 2006 to 2013. The self-reported diagnosis of diabetes and hypertension were evaluated. The est...

Premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases in brazilian municipalities...

Objective: To estimate premature mortality due to Noncommunicable Diseases in Brazilian municipalities. Methods: This ecological study estimated premature mortality rates due to cardiovascular, chronic respiratory diseases, neoplasms and diabetes in Brazilian municipalities, for the three-year periods of 2010 to 2012 and 2015 to 2017, and analyzed spatial and temporal distribution of these rates. Data treatment...

Estimates in small geographic areas: a necessary step towards reducing health i...

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Relationship between GDP per capita and traffic accidents in Brazilian municipa...

Objective: The main objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between GDP and three variables related to traffic accidents in Brazilian municipalities: traffic accident mortality, deaths per vehicle; and vehicles per inhabitant. Methods: 2005, 2010 and 2015 terrestrial traffic accident (ATT) mortality rates were estimated using a three years moving average and were standardized, then, we applied th...

Pandemia da COVID-19 no Brasil : projeções do Institute for Health Metrics and ...

Objetivo: Descrever as projeções do IHME para a COVID-19 no Brasil e seus estados e discutir acurácia e implicações em diferentes cenários. Métodos: Descrevemos e estimamos a acurácia das previsões para o Brasil, comparando-as com as mortes cumulativas observadas. Resultados: A projeção prevê 192.511 mortes causadas pela pandemia até 1 de dezembro de 2020. O relaxamento continuado do isolamento físico obrigatór...

Anatomical references to evaluate thoracic aorta calcium by computed tomography

The burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Brazil, 1990-2016: a subnational a...

Background Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are important causes of morbidity, disability, and mortality among poor and vulnerable populations in several countries worldwide, including Brazil. We present the burden of NTDs in Brazil from 1990 to 2016 based on findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016). Methodology We extracted data from GBD 2016 to assess yea...