Mortality from liver cirrhosis in Espírito Santo State, Brazil

• Main Authors: Patricia Lofego Gonçalves (Author), Carlos Sandoval Gonçalves (Author), Fausto Edmundo Lima Pereira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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To study mortality from liver cirrhosis in Espírito Santo State, Brazil, we reviewed death certificates (DC) from 2000-2010 and medical records of deceased patients with investigation of alcoholism and hepatitis B or C. From a total of 218,410 DC, 3,554 deaths from liver cirrhosis were retrieved. T...