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

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

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Mortality rates in Brazil with (solid lines) and without (dotted lines) COVID-19 mentioned in the death certificate—overall, cardiovascular disease (CVD), Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and Hypertension (HTN) - 2015–2022.

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Moreira et al., 2024, PLOS Global Public Health, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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