ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: A STUDY OF MORTALITY IN THE CITIES OF PORTO ALEGRE AND VITÓRIA (BRAZIL)

Abstract

Brazil there are few studies on morbidity and mortality due to Alzheimer disease (AD). The lack of national data is a gap in knowledge of the epidemiology of the disease in the country.The aim of this study is to describe the evolution of mortality rates by AD in Vitoria city and Porto Alegre city the period 2000-2009. Was hoped that this analysis will contribute to the planning of specific actions integration and intersectoral health to patients with Alzheimer's disease. We conducted a descriptive, the evolution of mortality rates for AD in the Vitoria (Espirito Santo state) and Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul state) cities, from 2000 to 2009. We defined death from Alzheimer's disease that in which this condition was listed as the underlying cause of death on death certificates and death with Alzheimer's disease when it was mentioned anywhere in the medical certificate of death certificates. Scatter plots of mortality were constructed according to the years studied. Next, we performed the modeling process. In the city of Porto Alegre, it is observed that the annual change in mortality rate for males was 5.2 (p = 0.057) for 60-79 ages. For ages 80 years and older, 8.9 (p = 0.000). The city of Vitoria was 6.2 (p = 0.238) for men ages 60-79 and for 80 years and older 5.2 (p = 0.508). Women in the cities studied have values near to the age groups shown, 60 to 79 ages 8.5 (p = 0.020); 80 years and older 14.1 (p = 0.000) for the city of Porto Alegre and the city of Vitoria for the group 60-79 years of age 9.5 (p = 0.030) and 80 and older 14, 9 (p =0.00). The Porto Alegre city grew by 2.2% in the death rate for females and 2.7 for males compared to Vitoria city. Human aging is a natural process of life that the Brazilian population is experiencing more intense in recent decades. We believe that like all other chronic diseases, mortality reduction by DA necessarily involves reducing the associated risk factors.