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Short Editorial Polanczyk Cardiovascular Diseases: truth in numbers Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; 115(2):161-162 and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases be used by managers and politicians in their decision-making efforts? 4,7 The first step, taken by Malta et al., 7 is to transform existing records into relevant and valid information that can guide objective actions to control CVD. Accepting that local gross records are insufficient for this purpose is extremely relevant. On the other hand, it is essential that these data be used by managers, decision makers, non-governmental organizations and certainly by the medical community, to better understand the diseases of our population and to reassess efforts, identify priority actions to combat and improve cardiovascular health in Brazil. 1. NCD Countdown 2030 Collaborators. NCD countdown 2030: worldwide trends in non-communicable disease mortality and progress towards SustainableDevelopmentGoaltarget3.4.Lancet2018;392(10152):1072-88. 2. World HealthOrganization. (WHO). Global health estimates 2016: deaths by cause, age, sex, by country and by region, 2000-2016. World Health Organization. Geneva; 2018. [Internet] [Cited in 2020 Apr 12] Available from :http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/estimates/en/ 3. Reddy K.S. Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 provides GPS for global health 2030. Lancet. 2016;388:1448–9. 4. Sridhar D. Making the SDGs useful: a Herculean task. Lancet 2016; 388(10053): 1453–4. 5. Roth GA, Johnson C, Abajobir A, Abd-Allah F, Abera SF et al. Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017; 70(1): 1–25. 6. The Lancet. GBD 2015: from big data to meaningful change. Lancet 2016; 388(10053): 1447. 7. Malta DC, Teixeira R, Oliveira GMM, Ribeiro AL. Mortalidade por Doenças Cardiovasculares Segundo o Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade e as Estimativas do Estudo Carga Global de Doenças no Brasil, 2000-2017. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; 115(2):152-160. 8. BrantI LCC, Nascimento BR, Passos VMA, Duncan BB, IJMBensenõr, Malta DC, et al. Variations and particularities in cardiovascular disease mortality in Brazil and Brazilian states in 1990 and 2015: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease. Rev Bras Epidemiol . 2017; 20 (Suppl 1): 116-28. 9. Malta DC C, França E, Abreu DMX, Perillo RD, Salmen M C, Teixeira R A, et al . Mortality due to noncommunicable diseases in Brazil, 1990 to 2015, according to estimates from the Global Burden of Disease study. Sao Paulo Med. J.  2017;135(3):213-21. References This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 162