OBJECTIVE:
to describe and analyze youth (15-29 years of age) mortality trends in Brazil between 2000 and 2012.
METHODS:
this was a descriptive and time series study conducted with Mortality Information System data; Prais-Winsten linear regression was used to analyze mortality rate trends.
RESULTS:
958,224 deaths were registered in the period, 79.6% were male; the overall corrected mortality rates were 1.6 and 1.5 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2000 and 2012, respectively; overall mortality rates showed stationary trends in the period (-0.34%; 95%CI -1.05;0.37); increasing trends among men were observed in the Northeast (3.08%; 95%CI 2.56;3.61) and Southern (0.88%; 95%CI 0.09;1.66) regions; in 2012, external causes accounted for 71.4% of deaths, 79.2% among men and 38.5% among women.
CONCLUSION:
youth mortality rates were high and stable during the study period; external causes were presented as the main causes of death, in both sexes.
Young Adult; Mortality; External Causes; Ecological Studies; Temporal Distribution
