Hospital Morbidity and Mortality in general hospital beds' demands from the county of Ribeirão Preto in 1972 were studied. The main groups by frequency and hospital beds' utilization were: XI - Complications of Pregnacy, Childbirth, and Puerperium, VIII - Diseases of the Respiratory System, VII - Disease of the Circulatory System, XVII - Accidents, Poisonings, and Violence, IX - Disease of the Digestive System and X - Disease of the Genitourinary System. These groups were responsible for almost sixty per cent of hospital beds' utilization. The main groups in hospitalar death cases were: VII Disease of the Circulatory System, II - Neoplasms, VIII - Disease of the Respiratory System, I - Infective and Parasitic Disease, XV - Certain Causes of Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality, XVII - Accidents, Poisonings, and Violence.
Morbidity; Mortality; Hospitalization; Hospital medical assistance