Desigualdades na mortalidade por doenças crônicas entre idosos e sua associação com indicadores socioeconômicos no Brasil

Abstract

The population aging in Brazil is resulting from the fall in the taxes of birth rate and infant mortality and of the increase in life expectation. This process brings changes in the mortality of the population, when the chronic diseases are prevailing at the place of the sharp diseases. These chronic diseases produce long period of recurrent use of the health services. This change brings problems for the health system of the country that is not prepared to attend this old population in growth and to treat appropriately his chronic diseases. The understanding of the inequalities in the mortality for chronic diseases in old and his association with socio-economic indicators of Brazil can help in elderly health promotion. In this sense, statistical analysis was carried out epidemiologic, population and socioeconomics data with the finality of analyzing the inequalities in the distribution of same and to contribute in the discussion of efficient actions in the maintenance and promotion of the health of the old population. It was realized that the northern and northeast regions presented less values of the indicators socio-economics and also of the taxes of mortality for chronic diseases. These regions are in an initial stage or intermediary of population aging. The UF that make part of the south, south-east and western-centre regions are in a stage more advanced of aging, presenting elevated values of the socio-economic indicators and also of the taxes of mortality for chronic diseases. It is realized by these results that there is the necessity of an approach differentiated for the control of the chronic diseases in the Brazil and for the elderly health promotion.