Malaria Mortality in Brazil: Age-Period-Cohort Effects, Sociodemographic Factors, and Sustainable Development Indicators.

Introduction: Human malaria is a zoonosis considered a serious global public health problem caused by five species of protozoa of the genus spp., which are transmitted by mosquito vectors belonging to the genus spp.

Objective: To verify whether there is a relationship between the age-standardized malaria mortality rate in Brazil and age-period-cohort effect variables, sociodemographic differences, and indicators of sustainable development.