Table 1. – Sociodemographic characterization of deaths due to Cerebrovascular diseases (CBVD), according to gender. Brazil, 1996-2015.

Variables	Male n= 938044 (50.68%)		Female n= 912202 (49.29%)		Unknown n= 565 (0.03%)		Total of Deaths n= 1850811 (100%)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age range
0-4	1012	55.95	793	43.83	4	0.22	1809	1.00
5-9	565	53.25	496	46.75	0	0.00	1061	0.06
10-14	999	54.44	834	45.45	2	0.11	1835	0.10
15-19	1998	55.27	1616	44.70	1	0.03	3615	0.20
20-29	7158	52.66	6426	47.27	10	0.07	13594	0.73
30-39	21278	50.09	21186	49.87	17	0.04	42481	2.30
40-49	62652	50.98	60217	48.99	37	0.03	122906	6.64
50-59	124934	56.74	95185	43.23	65	0.03	220184	11.90
60-69	200551	57.92	145578	42.05	106	0.03	346235	18.71
70-79	268228	53.12	236627	46.85	135	0.03	504990	27.28
80 and over	246717	41.89	342104	58.09	124	0.02	588945	31.81
Unknown age	1952	61.85	1140	36.12	64	2.03	3156	0.17
Years of study
Illiterate	162163	42.91	215672	57.07	90	0.02	377925	20.42
1-3 years	192038	53.15	169257	46.84	13	0.01	361308	19.52
4-7 years	126285	53.86	108156	46.13	11	0.01	234452	12.67
8-11 years	54461	54.17	46075	45.83	6	0.01	100542	5.43
12 years and more	29083	57.64	21369	42.35	4	0.01	50456	2.73
1-8 years *	4868	53.92	4158	46.06	2	0.02	9028	0.49
9-11 years *	4551	54.08	3860	45.87	4	0.05	8415	0.45
Unknown	364595	51.45	343655	48.49	435	0.06	708685	38.29
Marital status
Single	163672	47.22	182828	52.75	87	0.03	346587	18.73
Married	499651	67.31	242565	32.67	143	0.02	742359	40.11
Widowed	152794	28.22	388484	71.76	124	0.02	541402	29.25
Divorced	40958	59.29	28116	40.70	6	0.01	69080	3.73
Other	12235	64.02	6875	35.97	1	0.01	19111	1.03
Unknown	68734	51.96	63334	47.88	204	0.16	132272	7.15

* Different grouping of years of study occurred because of changes in the death certificate in 2011.