Hospital admissions in Brazil 2022, by category
circulatory system diseases were the leading cause of death in the country, with roughly 378 thousand people.
In 2022, there were approximately 11.4 million hospital admissions in Brazil. The highest number of hospitalizations was due to pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium, which amounted to over two million as of that year. Meanwhile, hospital admissions from digestive system diseases reached more than one million in the South American country. That same year,