Burden of occupational cancer in Brazil and federative units, 1990-2019.

Objective: To analyze the spatiotemporal distribution of the burden of occupational cancer in Brazil and federative units between 1990 and 2019.

Methods: Data were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. Deaths from cancer whose attributable risk factor was occupational carcinogens were considered.

Excess mortality according to group of causes in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

Objective: To estimate excess mortality by cause of death in Brazil and states in 2020.

Methods: We estimated the expected number of deaths considering a linear trend analysis with the number of deaths between 2015 and 2019 for each group of causes and each federative unit. We calculated standardized mortality ratios (SMR) and 95% confidence intervals for each SMR assuming a Poisson distribution.

Spatio-temporal analysis of infant mortality in the city of Rio de Janeiro, 2010-2019.

Objective: To describe the spatio-temporal distribution of infant mortality and its components in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2010 and 2019.

Methods: Infant mortality rate and the neonatal and postneonatal components were estimated. The standardized mortality rate was calculated to detect excess child mortality in the planning areas.

EVOLUTION OF MORTALITY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER IN BRAZIL AND REGIONS, BY SEX, 1996-2015.

Background: Colorectal cancer is among the three most frequent neoplasms in Brazil, being a public health problem.

Objective: To describe distribution pattern of colorectal cancer mortality in Brazil and regions, according to sex, between 1996 and 2015.

Methods: Values of standardized and stratified mortality rates by sex between 1996 and 2015 were used, through polynomial regression models and joinpoint analysis.

Challenges for the formulation, implantation and implementation of a National Health Surveillance Policy in Brazil.

This article examines the evolution of health surveillance policies as actions, models and systems, as well as contributing to the debate about the constitution of the National Health Surveillance Policy (PNVS). The article discusses conceptual elements regarding the notion of health surveillance and its evolution in Brazil and a trajectory is provided in relation to the construction of care models, particularly after the creation of the Unified Health System (SUS). The possibility of using the framework of public policies based on evidence, and methods for analyzing health situations, such as spatial analysis and time series, are highlighted.