Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and cancer are the main causes of death in Brazil and worldwide. Considering this epidemiological relevance, the article “Mortality Rates from Cardiovascular Diseases and Cancer in the Brazilian Population aged 35 to 74 Years, 1996-2017”, through the analysis of mortality data from the DATASUS Vital Statistics (Mortality Information System – SIM), depicts the mortality profile of these groups of diseases, discusses their evolution between 1996 and 2017, and estimates the future contribution of these causes of death, […]