Spatio-temporal evolution of stroke mortality in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1980-2021.

Objective: To analyze spatio-temporal evolution of stroke mortality in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, 1980-2021.

Methods: Ecological study with aggregated data by micro-region. Segmented linear regression was used for trend analysis; maps with rates per five-year period and scan statistics were used for spatial analysis.

Income inequalities and stroke mortality trends in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1996-2011.

Background: It is not clear the relationship between stroke mortality trends and socioeconomic inequalities in low- and middle-income countries.

Aims: We compared differences of trends in stroke mortality by socioeconomic status in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Methods: We analyzed the intra-urban distribution of stroke death rates from 1996 to 2011 for persons aged 35-74 years old according to income using joinpoint regression.

Income and heart disease mortality trends in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1996 to 2010.

Background: Reductions in heart disease mortality rates are variable according to socioeconomic status.

Methods: We performed a time trend analysis of all heart diseases (all circulatory diseases, except rheumatic, cerebrovascular, and aortic diseases) comparing three different household income levels (high, middle, and low) in the city of Sao Paulo from 1996 to 2010.

Results: A total of 197,770 deaths were attributed to heart diseases; 62% of them were due to coronary diseases.