ESTUDO DA MORTALIDADE DOS MÉDICOS NO ESTADO DA BAHIA, BRASIL, NO PERÍODO 2008-2017

Introduction: The mortality study is widely used for the evaluation and follow-up of health programs around the world serving as an important tool to measure the efficiency of health programs besides serving as a parameter for the application of new health strategies that may have positive impacts health status of the population. Despite its importance, mortality studies in specific social groups such as physicians have been scarce in the world, including in Brazil. Aim: Here, our aim was to describe and analyze the mortality profile of physicians in the state of Bahia during a period of ten years (2008-2017). Methods: A descriptive, analytical and retrospective study was performed by analyzing all causes of death according to ICD-10. The categorical analyzes used were marital status, ethnicity, age, gender, and cause of death. Results: Among Bahian physicians, there were 489 deaths in the period, most among men (84%) which occurred in older ages. There was a predominance of white people in both sexes. The top three causes of death were diseases of the circulatory system (28%), neoplasia (27%) and external causes (12%). This pattern was the same among male population, but neoplasms were the most common cause of death among women. The coefficient of mortality of the medical population was about half of the total population, being able to reflect the great expansion of the Brazilian medical population in recent years. Conclusion: These findings show facts and tendencies which may contribute for the understanding mortality among physicians in Bahia, Brazil.