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Table 1 Overall and cause-specific mortality rates in Brazilian capitals and Argentineans provinces (2015)

From: Temporal trends in behavioral risk and protective factors and their association with mortality rates: results from Brazil and Argentina

 

Mortality rate

Overall

(per 1000)

By cancer

(per 100,000)

By CVD

(per 100,000)

Mean (95%C.I.)

Mean (95%C.I.)

Mean (95%C.I.)

Brazil

Geographical region

0.020

< 0.001

0.010

 North

4.7 (3.9; 5.5)

76.6 (61.9; 91.4)

85.0 (63.7; 106.2)

 Northeast

6.1 (5.7; 6.4)

101.4 (91.9; 110.8)

127.3 (110.8; 143.7)

 Midwest

5.5 (4.0; 7.0)

105.1 (81.4; 128.8)

119.5 (75.3; 163.7)

 Southeast

6.6 (4.4; 8.7)

130.9 (110.2; 151.6)

144.1 (87.7; 200.5)

 South

6.0 (2.4; 9.6)

150.0 (61.3; 238.7)

130.8 (52.5; 209.0)

Total

5.7 (5.3; 6.1)

105.3 (94.1; 116.5)

118.0 (105.4; 130.7)

Brazil (Standardized)a

Geographical region

0.474

0.176

0.725

 North

8.1 (6.3; 9.8)

135.1 (109.2; 161.0)

176.7 (129.7; 223.6)

 Northeast

7.6 (7.1; 8.2)

127.0 (117.2; 136.9)

172.6 (146.4; 198.7)

 Midwest

7.8 (6.0; 9.5)

144.4 (125.4; 163.3)

182.8 (135.7; 229.8)

 Southeast

7.0 (5.1; 8.9)

135.4 (118.5; 152.3)

158.2 (98.8; 217.7)

 South

6.6 (4.7; 8.5)

157.7 (107.1; 208.3)

148.2 (111.1; 185.2)

Total

7.6 (4.8; 10.9)

136.3 (128.6; 144.1)

170.3 (106.8; 263.4)

Argentina

Geographical region

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Pampeana

8.4 (7.3; 9.5)

177.8 (152.1; 203.4)

193.4 (148.6; 238.3)

 Northwest

6.1 (5.6; 6.6)

93.5 (77.2; 109.9)

108.3 (73.3; 143.4)

 Northeast

6.3 (5.6; 7.0)

116.3 (96.3; 136.3)

141.6 (75.6; 207.5)

 Cuyo

6.9 (5.9; 7.8)

141.0 (121.9; 160.1)

176.7 (100.5; 252.9)

 Patagonica

5.0 (3.7; 6.4)

117.3 (87.9; 146.8)

94.7 (67.8; 121.7)

Total

6.6 (6.0; 7.2)

129.3 (113.9; 144.7)

140.8 (119.1; 162.6)

  1. CVD cardiovascular diseases, 95% C.I 95% confidence interval
  2. aStandardized according to the Argentinean population’s sex- and age-distribution