IJCS | Volume 31, Nº3, May/ June 2018

254 Santos et al. Mortality due to hypertensive diseases in Brazil International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences. 2018;31(3)250-257 Original Article Table 2 - Average of deaths related to hypertensive diseases per 10,000 inhabitants in each Brazilian state, between 2010 and 2014 State 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Acre 1.20 1.63 1.62 1.39 1.39 Alagoas 2.64 2.81 2.87 2.98 2.64 Amapá 0.61 1.02 0.80 0.71 0.95 Amazonas 1.00 0.98 0.99 1.06 1.02 Bahia 2.27 2.24 2.33 2.35 2.33 Ceará 2.60 2.85 2.48 2.66 2.49 Distrito Federal 1.13 1.30 0.99 1.10 1.08 Espírito Santo 2.32 2.62 2.64 2.42 2.55 Goiás 1.43 1.52 1.77 1.69 1.81 Maranhão 2.00 2.13 1.97 2.11 2.07 Mato Grosso 2.22 2.13 1.97 2.11 2.07 Mato Grosso do Sul 2.39 2.68 2.74 2.83 2.52 Minas Gerais 2.26 2.36 2.40 2.29 2.29 Pará 1.05 1.21 1.27 1.27 1.30 Paraíba 3.10 3.26 3.26 3.23 2.88 Paraná 2.26 2.47 2.26 2.35 2.36 Pernambuco 2.41 2.44 2.29 2.18 2.13 Piauí 3.51 3.80 3.58 3.87 3.61 Rio de Janeiro 3.66 3.52 3.37 3.23 3.02 Rio Grande do Norte 2.22 2.54 2.34 2.56 2.44 Rio Grande do Sul 1.80 1.96 1.99 1.93 1.91 Roraima 1.07 1.65 1.62 1.54 1.29 Santa Catarina 1.81 1.92 1.81 1.89 1.92 São Paulo 1.82 1.79 1.69 1.70 1.69 Sergipe 3.31 2.88 3.12 3.02 2.49 Tocantins 2.91 3.01 2.74 2.72 2.84 Rondônia 1.79 1.78 1.71 1.67 1.63 Table 3 - Longitudinal analysis using a negative binomial model, having as dependent variable the number of deaths associated with hypertensive diseases, and as predictors “age group”, “sex”, “color”, “region” and “year”, adjusted to the annual population estimate for each location, between 2010 and 2014 Deaths IRR 95% CI p-value Sex Female (reference) - - - - Male 1.03 0.99 1.08 0.158 Age group 50 – 59 years old (reference) - - - - 60 – 69 years old 1.63 1.53 1.73 < 0.0001 70 – 79 years old 2.40 2.25 2.55 < 0.0001 ≥ 80 years old 3.99 3.76 4.26 < 0.0001 Color White (reference) - - - - Black 0.27 0.25 0.29 < 0.0001 Brown 1.28 1.20 1.36 < 0.0001 Yellow 0.01 0.00 0.01 < 0.0001 Indígenous 0.01 0.01 0.01 < 0.0001 Ignored 0.13 0.12 0.14 < 0.0001 Region Southeast (reference) - - - - North 0.43 0.40 0.47 < 0.0001 Northeast 0.96 0.90 1.03 0.237 Central-West 0.73 0.67 0.78 < 0.0001 South 0.61 0.57 0.67 < 0.0001 Year 2010 (reference) - - - - 2011 106 0.99 1.14 0.112 2012 1.00 0.94 1.08 0.898 2013 0.96 0.90 1.03 0.267 2014 0.96 0.90 1.03 0.261 IRR: incidence rate ratio; CI: confidence interval.