Eugênia Maria S. Rodrigues, MD, MPH, DrPH Vilma Pinheiro Gawryszewski, MD, MPD, PhD Brazil Ministry of Health

Data source: Mortality: Information Mortality System. Morbidity: Hospitalization Information System from Public Health System (SIH/SUS). Ministry of Health Brazil, 2003

Brazil resident population, 2003

Men Women Brazil, Population distribution Source: UN World Population Prospects, 2000 REV

Population, 2003, Brazil

por 100 mil hab. I Injury mortality rate per gender and age group, Brazil, 2003 Source: Mortality Information System -

,2% Male ,8% Female All Deaths ,6% Injury deaths ,2% ,3% Male ,7% Female The burden of injuries in the Brazilian mortality, 2003 MV Injuries

Injury deaths per 100,000 population (Crude rate), 2003, BRAZIL Source: Information Mortality System/Ministry of Health

Injury morbidity per 100,000 population (Crude rate), 2003, BRAZIL Source: Hospitalization Information System/Ministry of Health

The burden of injuries in the Brazilian morbidity, 2003

Injury deaths and morbidity per 100,000 population (Crude rate), 2003, BRAZIL Source: Information Mortality System/Ministry of Health Hospitalization Information System/Ministry of Health

Injury deaths and morbidity per 100,000 population (Crude rate), 2003, BRAZIL Source: Information Mortality System/Ministry of Health Hospitalization Information System/Ministry of Health

Injury deaths and morbidity per 100,000 population 1-14 years, 2003, Brazil (pop=49,056,442) Source: Information Mortality System/Ministry of Health Hospitalization Information System/Ministry of Health

Injury deaths and morbidity per 100,000 population years, 2003 Brrazil (pop= 35,531,287) Source: Information Mortality System/Ministry of Health Hospitalization Information System/Ministry of Health

Injury deaths and morbidity per 100,000 population years, 2003 Brazil (pop= 40,184,605) Source: Information Mortality System/Ministry of Health Hospitalization Information System/Ministry of Health

Injury deaths and morbidity per 100,000 population 65 years and older, 2003 Brazil (pop=10,281,137) Source: Information Mortality System/Ministry of Health Hospitalization Information System/Ministry of Health

Research priorities - drug and alcohol consumption among injury victims Population-based surveillance for Emergency Departments is also needed for monitoring injuries and for using in prevention program planning

The findings that types injuries differs on mortality data to morbidity data suggest that prevention efforts should focus not only on fatal injuries, as usual, but also on those nonfatal injuries that can have impact on health sector, especially those that determines hospitalization or high economic and social costs.