Causes of hospital admissions and deaths among Brazilian elders between 2005 and 2015

Abstract

OBJECTIVE To analyze the ranking and percentage variation of the main causes of hospital admissions and death of Brazilian elders between 2005 and 2015, according to gender and age groups. METHOD Retrospective and temporal analysis study. The six main causes of hospitalization and death of elders were collected in DATASUS according to sex and age groups (60 ~ 79, ≥80) in 2017. RESULTS Heart Failure (2005) and pneumonia (2015) were the two main causes of hospital admissions in both sexes and age groups, except for the younger group. Acute Myocardial Infarction was the main cause of death in 2005 and 2015. The second cause in the overall ranking was the Stroke in 2005 and Pneumonia in 2015. CONCLUSION Circulatory and respiratory diseases were the main causes of hospital admissions and death among the elderly, highlighting the impotant increase in pneumonia as a cause of morbimortality.

Profile of Hospitalizations for Elderly People in the State of Amapá - Brazil, From April 2018 to April 2019

“…The modification of the epidemiological transition has been altering the profile of morbidity and mortality in Brazil, also favoring an overload of infectious diseases, Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and an increase in external causes, and in this health context, the elderly tend to enjoy more from health services, with higher rates of hospitalizations compared to other age groups. The main causes of Brazilian hospitalization are brain-cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, neoplasms and external causes (Rossetto, 2019).…”

“…The high rates of hospitalizations of the elderly population, demonstrate that these people are aging with low quality of life and this reflects in the health system in offering quality care, starting with the reception and in the whole care process, and should start at the entrance door service and accompany the assisted person throughout their stay in the health system (Brazil, 2018). As a consequence of this scenario, in 2020, NCDs represented 78% of deaths worldwide, which may increase as a result of epidemiological events, in addition to generating great demand for drugs and rehabilitation (Rossetto, et al, 2019). It is a fact that chronic noncommunicable diseases are also the ones that lead most deaths to elderly brazilians, being affected by the same pathologies of the world profile, but they represented 80% of deaths between both sexes (Conte, 2018).…”

Estatística Cardiovascular – Brasil 2021

“…• De acordo com um estudo de base comunitária realizado na cidade de Matão em 2003-2004 e 2015-2016, a incidência de AVC ajustada por idade diminuiu em 39% (IRR 0,61; IC 95%, 0,46-0,79) e a mortalidade, em 50% (IRR 0,50; IC 95%, 0, 94). A idade média de pacientes com AVC aumentou em 9%, passando de 65,2 (IC 95%,62,8) para 71,0 (IC 95%,68,8) anos. A taxa de letalidade de 1 ano foi 26%.…”

The effects of health spending on the propagation of infectious diseases

“…13 Acute respiratory infections are also an important cause of childhood illness, and are recognized as being the most frequent cause for a child having a poor health condition (Benguigui, 2002;Passos et al, 2018). Additionally, respiratory infections are the third most important cause for hospitalization (de Loyola Filho et al, 2004;Rossetto et al, 2019) and the most frequent reason for nosocomial infection of the elderly population in Brazil (Villas Boas & Ruiz, 2004). Infectious diseases of the lower respiratory tract correspond to 6% of the mortality in Latin America and about 16% of all hospitalization in Brazil (WHO, 2008).…”