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

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

4. Brazil resident population, 2003

5. 1970 2000 Men Women Brazil, Population distribution Source: UN World Population Prospects, 2000 REV

6. Population, 2003, Brazil

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

8. 583.059 58,2% Male 1.002.638 418.755 41,8% Female All Deaths 126. 749 12,6% Injury deaths 33.182 26,2% 106.901 84,3% Male 19.783 15,7% Female The burden of injuries in the Brazilian mortality, 2003 MV Injuries

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

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

11. The burden of injuries in the Brazilian morbidity, 2003

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Injury deaths and morbidity per 100,000 population 15-24 years, 2003 Brrazil (pop= 35,531,287) Source: Information Mortality System/Ministry of Health Hospitalization Information System/Ministry of Health

16. Injury deaths and morbidity per 100,000 population 35-54 years, 2003 Brazil (pop= 40,184,605) Source: Information Mortality System/Ministry of Health Hospitalization Information System/Ministry of Health

17. 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

19. 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

20. 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.