Pre-Covid Top Death Causes in Brazil, Age-Adjustment and Potential Years of Life Lost

Background: A decay of mortality from atherosclerosis-related diseases has progressive occurred, and other death causes must be addressed. The objective of this study is to show the top causes of death in Brazil in the last years before COVID-19 pandemic as well as. diseases that lead to greater Probable Years Life Lost until 75 years old. Methods: Data were extracted from public Brazilian databanks. The death counts were carried out by five years range from 30 to 79 years-old people of both genders, by tenth edition of ICD – group of disease. Age-specific standardized death rate from 30 to 74 years old and PYLL-75 were calculated in JoinPoint software 4.9.0.0. version: the standardization was made by 2000-2005 World Standard Population. Results: Male mortality was almost twice female mortality. Although ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the main cause in both genders, in men it is followed by Accident and Aggressions, Cerebrovascular disease, and digestive tract cancer; and, in women, it was followed by Cerebrovascular disease, Digestive tract cancer, and diabetes mellitus. Other cardiomyopathies and hypertensive disease are great players in death rate in both men and women. Conclusion: although ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease remained in the top of death rate causes, an impressive influence of accidental and aggression deaths as well as cancer alongside of diabetes and influenza and pneumonia keep a large fraction of fatality causes in Brazil.