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. 2022 Jan 1;118(1):115–373. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.36660/abc.20211012

Abbreviations Used in ‘About These Statistics’ and Highlights.

AF Atrial Fibrillation
AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction
CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
CI Confidence Interval
CV Cardiovascular
CVD Cardiovascular Disease
DALY Disability-Adjusted Life Year
FU Federative Unit
GBD Global Burden of Disease
GDP Gross Domestic Product
HR Hazard Ratio
HS Hemorrhagic Stroke
IBGE Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (in Portuguese, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística )
ICD International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
IHD Ischemic Heart Disease
IHME Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Int$ International dollars
IPCA Brazilian Consumer Price Index (in Portuguese, Índice de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo )
IRR Incidence Rate Ratio
IS Ischemic Stroke
NRVD Non-Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease
OR Odds Ratio
PCI Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
PNS National Health Survey (in Portuguese, Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde )
PPP Purchasing Power Parity
R$ Reais , Brazilian currency
RHD Rheumatic Heart Disease
SAH Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
SDI Sociodemographic Index
SIH Brazilian Hospital Information System (in Portuguese, Sistema de Informações Hospitalares )
SIM Brazilian Mortality Information System (in Portuguese, Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade )
SUS Brazilian Unified Health System (in Portuguese, Sistema Único de Saúde )
UI Uncertainty Interval
US$ US dollars
YLD Year Lived with Disability
YLL Year of Life Lost