Larissa Franco de Andrade et al. Paolo Blanco Villela Jose Lucas Peres Bichara Luiz Antonio Viegas de Miranda Bastos Glaucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death in women worldwide, responsible for 30.4% of female deaths in 2021, according to the Global Burden Disease (GBD) study. In Brazil, between 1990 and 2020, CVD was the leading cause of death in the female population, represented mainly by ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke. In 2021, during the coronavirus pandemic period, COVID-19 was the major cause of death among Brazilian women, reaching 21.9% of total deaths, and the percentage of deaths attributed to IHD and CVD was 8.5% and 7.8%, respectively (). Additionally, from 1990 to 2021, proportional mortality from CVD was higher in females compared to males, with a similar percentage of deaths from IHD between the sexes and a higher percentage of deaths from stroke in women.
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