The present study characterized the States of Brazil in relation to factors related to work injuries. Data came from the Anuário Estatístico de Acidentes do Trabalho (AEAT), 2004. A description of the data was made and the multivariate method Principal Components Analysis was used. Three...

In Brazil and all over the world, in parallel with the demographic transition, due to advances in medicine and health care, there has been an increase in the life expectancy and longevity of the elderly. This combination of factors causes changes in the pattern of morbidity and mortality which...

The analysis of the set of age specific growth rates in a population, proposed by Horiuch and Preston (1988), is an alternative way to examine the process of changing age structure, and to examine potential "marks" left by the demographic history of each cohort. The objective of this study is to...

The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of loneliness among the elderly, 60 and over, living alone in Belo Horizonte (Brazil). The study is based on the results of forty in-depth interviews conducted between May and July, 2007. The analysis of the interviews allowed for the...

This note presents a brief historical review of the food issue in Brazil, in order to allow understanding how the initial process of food production, regional differences and the development of public policies for the food supply contributed to the current food situation in Brazil. Major...