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Background: Studying the epidemiology of neurological diseases is important to improve the Public System. Objectives: To describe the epidemiological profile of neurological diseases in Brazil between 2011 and 2020. Design and setting: Ecological study in Brazil. Methods: Data was collected from the Ministry of Health, through DATASUS. The period analyzed was between 2011 and 2020. The data collected were region, age, deaths, mortality rate, and average stay due to neurological diseases. Results: 1,833,363 hospitalizations were recorded, with 89,046 deaths. The age group from 50 to 54 years old was the most hospitalized (147,832 cases) and the 80 years and over had the highest mortality rate (14.9). The average stay averages were 13.1 days and the average lethality rates were 4.9. Furthermore, the highest average prevalence of cases per 100,000 inhabitants occurred in the South (142), while the lowest was in the North (49). However, there was a higher mortality rate in the North (6.2) than in the South (4.2). Conclusions: The highest mortality rate in the age of 80 years and over may be associated whit the effects of old age. Moreover, the lowest prevalence of cases and the highest mortality rate in North is possibly related to a deficiency in the diagnosis and treatment of this diseases in that location. |
