Temporal morbidity and mortality by breast neoplasm and its risk factors in women who live in the capital cities of the Southeast region of Brazil: 2008-2014

Authors

  • Marco Aurélio Ferreira de Jesus Leite
  • Carlo José Freire de Oliveira
  • Hugo Ribeiro Zanetti
  • César Augusto França Abrahão
  • Guilherme Morais Puga

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18554/refacs.v4i3.1777

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the rate of insufficiently active women, overweight, hospitalizations and deaths from cancer of the breast the capital of southeastern Brazil. This is quantitative research using computerized data from the Ministry of Health of Brazil, which are the Risk and Protective Factors Surveillance for Chronic Diseases Telephone Survey and Bank of the Unified Health System (SUS) Data focused on levels of physical activity, index body mass, number of hospitalizations and deaths from cancer of the breast between the period 2008 to 2014. Over the years analyzed there was a greater similarity in the changes in the percentage of women with overweight and the number of hospitalizations for breast cancer in all southeastern capital. But overweight is a major risk factor for morbidity of mammary cancer in women living in Southeastern Brazil.

Descriptors: Breast neoplasms; Obesity; Sedentary lifestyle; Public health.

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Published

2016-08-10

How to Cite

Leite, M. A. F. de J., Oliveira, C. J. F. de, Zanetti, H. R., Abrahão, C. A. F., & Puga, G. M. (2016). Temporal morbidity and mortality by breast neoplasm and its risk factors in women who live in the capital cities of the Southeast region of Brazil: 2008-2014. JOURNAL FAMILY, CYCLES OF LIFE AND HEALTH IN SOCIAL CONTEXT, 4(3), 246–253. https://doi.org/10.18554/refacs.v4i3.1777

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2016): September at December

Section

Original Articles

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