Deaths avoidable in the elderly in Goiás, Brazil: reflection of the primary health care
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Comprehensive Health Care, Mortality, Mortality Registries, Primary Health Care, Aging, Health SystemsAbstract
Introduction: Aging has become a major challenge, understood as a natural process of progressive reduction of the functional reserve of individuals. Objective: To analyze deaths from preventable causes in the elderly population. Method: This is a quantitative, descriptive study. The study was conducted with all the elderly (> = 60 years) who died in the years 2011-2015. Secondary data were available from the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System of the Ministry of Health. Data were analyzed. of deaths according to age, sex, color / race, education, marital status, place of occurrence and underlying cause. The results were presented as figures. Results: A total of 106,833 deaths in the period were analyzed. Most of the deaths occurred in 2015, in the age group of 80 years or older, among male white race patients, between one and three years of schooling, married, in hospitals and, as the root causes, circulatory diseases predominated, followed by respiratory diseases and neoplasms. Conclusion: Analysis of the causes of death is essential to help health services and health professionals understand this process, with the purpose of creating effective health promotion and disease prevention actions for the needs of elderly, contributing to the reduction of preventable deaths.
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4. Malta DC, Duarte EC, Almeida MF, Dias MAS, Morais Neto OL, Moura L, et al. List of avoidable causes of deaths due to interventions of the Brazilian Health System. Epidemiol Serv Saúde [internet]. 2007 Oct/Dec [cited 2017 Oct 01]; 16(4):233-44. Available from: http://scielo.iec.gov.br/pdf/ess/v16n4/v16n4a02.pdf
5. Lima-Costa MF, Peixoto SV, Giatti L. Trends in mortality among older adults in Brazil (1980 - 2000). Epidemiol Serv Saúde. 2004 Dec; 13(4):217-28. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742004000400004
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9. Maia FOM, Duarte YAO, Lebrão ML, Santos JLF. Risk factors for mortality among elderly people. Rev Saúde Pública. 2006 Dec; 40(6):1-7. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102006005000009
10. Frias PG, Pereira PMH, Andrade CLT, Szwarcwald CL. Mortality Data System: a case study on municipalities with data underreporting. Cad Saúde Pública. 2008 Oct; 24(10):2257-66. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-311X2008001000007
11. Lima-costa MFF, Guerra HL, Barreto SM, Guimarães RM. Diagnosis of the health condition of the elderly population in Brazil: a study of mortality and admissions in public hospitals. Inf Epidemiol SUS. 2000 Mar; 9(1):43-50. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S0104-16732000000100003
12. Mansur AP, Souza MFM, Timerman A, Avakian SD, ALdrighi JM, Ramires JAF. Trends in the risk of death from cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and ischemic diseases in thirteen states of Brazil from 1980 to 1998. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2006 Nov; 87(5):586-93. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0066-782X2006001800015
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18. Mathias TAF, Jorge MHPM. Mortality trends caused by neoplasias in the senior population in a municipal district of paraná state, 1979-1998. Ciênc Cuid Saúde. 2006; 5(Suppl 1):57-64. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4025/cienccuidsaude.v5i0.5155
19. Hanna SA, Marta GN, Santos FS. The physician and updates in cancer treatment: when to stop?. Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2011 Sept/Oct; 57(5):575-80. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2255-4823(11)70116-3
20. Lebrão ML. Envelhecimento no Brasil: aspectos da transição demográfica e epidemiológica. Saúde Coletiva [Internet]. 2007 [cited 2017 Oct 10]; 4(17):135-40. Avaliable from: https://www.nescon.medicina.ufmg.br/biblioteca/imagem/2559.pdf
21. Abreu DMX, César CC, França EB. The relationship between deaths that are avoidable with adequate health care and the implementation of the Unified Health System in Brazil. Rev Panam Salud Publica [Internet]. 2007 May [cited 2017 Oct 10]; 21(5):282–91. Available from: https://www.scielosp.org/article/rpsp/2007.v21n5/282-291/
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23. Buckinx F, Rolland Y, Reginster JY, Ricour C, Petermans J, Bruyère O. Burden of frailty in the elderly population: perspectives for a public health challenge. Arch Public Health. 2015; 73(1):19. Doi: 10.1186/s13690-015-0068-x
24. Bezerra TA, Brito MAA, Costa KNFM. Characterization of medication use among elderly people attended at a Family health care service. Cogitare Enferm. 2016 Jan/Mar; 21(1): 1-10. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v21i4
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Rodrigues F, Camargo GT, Amorim AM de M, Teixeira CC. Deaths avoidable in the elderly in Goiás, Brazil: reflection of the primary health care. RBPS [Internet]. 2021 Apr. 27 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];22(3):116-23. Available from: https://periodicos.ufes.br/rbps/article/view/27554
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