Diabetes and hypertension-associated deaths have spiked in Brazil since 2020, even after excluding deaths associated with COVID-19

Diabetes and hypertension-associated deaths have spiked in Brazil since 2020, even after excluding deaths associated with COVID-19.

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002576

Article Title: Persistent high mortality rates for Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension after excluding deaths associated with COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020–2022

Author Countries: Brazil, Canada

Funding: This work was supported by Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) [E-26/203.172/2017 to A.G.P.] and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) [310566/2021-5 to A.G.P.]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS Global Public Health

10.1371/journal.pgph.0002576

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.