Risk and protective factors for non communicable diseases in the Belo Horizonte population: Vigitel 2008.

Introduction: The Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) are the main causes of death in, having known, avoidable the Risk Factor (RF) and susceptible to intervention.

Objective: Identify the prevalence of RF and protection for NCD in the Belo Horizonte, 2008.

Methodology: Data were analyzed from Vigitel, in Belo Horizonte, 2008.