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Table 1 Health-related SDG indicators according to GBD, description, and 2030 targets for Brazil

From: Monitoring the progress of health-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Brazilian states using the Global Burden of Disease indicators

Goals and health related SDG indicator

Description

Brazilian target

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

  

 1.5.1: Disaster mortality

Age-standardised death rate due to exposure to forces of nature (per 100,000 population)

Undefined

Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture

  

 2.2.1: Child stunting

Prevalence (%) of stunting (height for age < -2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age.

Eliminate

 2.2.2a: Child wasting

Prevalence of wasting (weight for height < -2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age.

Eliminate

 2.2.2b: Child overweight

Prevalence of overweight (weight for height > +2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children aged 2 to 4 years of age.

Eliminate

Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

  

 3.1.1: Maternal mortality ratio

Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) defined as the number of maternal deaths among woman aged 15–49 years old during a given time period per 100,000 live births during the same period.

Reduce to 30 deaths by 100,000 live births (70 deaths per 100,000 live births)

 3.1.2: Skilled birth attendance

Percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel (doctors, nurses, or midwives).

No specific target

 3.2.1: Under-5 mortality

Probability of a child born dying before reaching the age of 5 years, in a specific year, expressed per 1000 live births.

Reduce to 8 deaths by 1000 live births (< 25 per 1000 live births)

 3.2.2: Neonatal mortality

Probability of a child born dying in the first 28 days of life, in a specific year, expressed per 1000 live births.

Reduce to 5 deaths by 1000 live births (< 12 per 1000 live births)

 3.3.1: HIV incidence

Age-standardised rate of new HIV infections per 1000 individuals.

Eliminate the epidemics of the AIDS

 3.3.2: TB incidence

Age-standardised number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases per 100,000 population each year.

Eliminate the epidemics of the disease

 3.3.3: Malaria incidence

Age-standardized rate of malaria per 1000 population each year.

Eliminate the epidemics of the disease

 3.3.4: Hepatitis B incidence

Age-standardized rate of new cases of hepatitis B per 100,000 people at risk each year.

Eliminate the epidemics of the disease

 3.3.5: Prevalence of NTDs

Age-standardised prevalence of 15 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in %: Human African Trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, cystic echinococcosis, cysticercosis, dengue, food-borne trematodiases, Guinea worm, intestinal nematode infections, leishmaniasis, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, rabies, schistosomiasis, and trachoma.

No specific target

 3.4.1: Premature mortality due to NCD

Age-standardized death rate from cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease, between the ages of 30 to 70 years per 100,000 population.

Reduce NCD in one third based on 2015 data.

 3.4.2: Suicide mortality rate

Age-standardized suicide rate per 100,000 population each year.

No specific target

 3.5.2: Alcohol use

Risk-weighted prevalence of alcohol consumption, as measured by the SEV for alcohol use, %

No specific target

 3.6.1: Road injury mortality

Age-standardised death rate due to road injuries per 100,000 population.

Reduce deaths and injuries by half based on 2015 data.

 3.7.1: Proportion of woman using contraceptives

Proportion of women of reproductive age (15–49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods, %

Assure universal availability of contraceptives, planning, education, and information on reproductive health.

 3.7.2: Adolescent birth rate

Number of live births per 1000 women aged 10–14 years and women aged 15–19 years.

Assure universal availability of contraceptives, planning, education, and information on reproductive health.

 3.8.1: Universal health coverage (UHC) index

Coverage of essential health services, as defined by a universal health coverage index of the coverage of nine tracer interventions and risk-standardised death rates from 32 causes amenable to personal health care

No specific target – Reduce waiting time for surgeries, access to medicine and catastrophic cost with medicine.

 3.9.1: Mortality attributable to air pollution

Age-standardised death rate attributable to household air pollution and ambient air pollution, per 100 000 population

Reducing by half the proportion of untreated effluent discharge

 3.9.2: Mortality attributable to WaSH

Age-standardised death rate attributable to unsafe WaSH, per 100,000 population

No specific target

3.9.3: Poisoning mortality

Age-standardised death rate due to unintentional poisonings, per 100,000 population

No specific target

 3.a.1: Smoking prevalence

Age-standardised prevalence of daily smoking in populations aged 10 years and older, %

No specific target

 3.b.1: Vaccine coverage

Coverage of eight vaccines, conditional on inclusion in national vaccine schedules, in target populations, %

100% coverage

 3.c.1: Health worker density

The number of physicians, nurses or midwives, and pharmacists per 1,000 population in a given area.

No specific target

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

  

 5.2.1: Intimate partner violence

Age-standardised prevalence of women aged 15 years and older who experienced physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner in the past 12 months, %

No specific target

 5.2.2: Sexual violence (non-intimate partner)

Age-standardised prevalence of women aged 15 years and older who experienced physical or sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner, in the previous 12 months.

No specific target

Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

  

 6.1.1: Water

Risk-weighted prevalence of populations using unsafe or unimproved water sources, as measured by the SEV for unsafe water, %

Achieve universal coverage and equitable access to clean water (100%).

 6.2.1a: Sanitation

Risk-weighted prevalence of populations using unsafe or unimproved sanitation, as measured by the SEV for unsafe sanitation, %

Achieve universal coverage of adequate and equitable sanitary facilities (100%).

 6.2.1b: Hygiene

Risk-weighted prevalence of populations without access to a handwashing facility, as measured by the SEV for unsafe hygiene, %

Achieve universal coverage of adequate and equitable sanitary facilities (100%).

Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all

  

 7.1.2: Household air pollution

Risk-weighted prevalence of household air pollution, as measured by the SEV for household air pollution, %

Achieve universal and affordable access to clean and modern sources of energy (100%).

Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all

  

 8.8.1: Disease burden attributable to occupational risks

Age-standardised all-cause DALY rate attributable to occupational risks per 100,000 population

No specific target—reduce vulnerability situation of workers, including informality, legislation, and working conditions.

Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable

  

 11.6.2: Mean PM2.5

Population-weighted mean levels of PM2·5, μg/m3

No specific target—reduce the negative impact of pollution in cities.

Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels

  

 16.1.1: Homicide

Age-standardised death rate due to interpersonal violence per 100,000 population

Reduce all forms of violence and reduce in one third the rates of femicide and children, adolescents, young, blacks, indigenous and LGBT population base on 2015 rates.

 16.1.2: Conflict and terrorism mortality

Death rate due to conflict and terrorism per 100 000 population

Reduce all forms of violence and reduce in one third the rates of femicide and children, adolescents, young, blacks, indigenous and LGBT population base on 2015 rates.

 16.1.3a: Physical violence prevalence

Number of persons who have been victim of physical violence in the previous 12 months, as a share of the total population. NÃO ENCONTREI

Reduce all forms of violence and reduce in one third the rates of femicide and children, adolescents, young, blacks, indigenous and LGBT population base on 2015 rates.

 16.1.3c: Sexual violence prevalence

Age-standardised prevalence of physical or sexual violence experienced by populations in the past 12 months, %

Reduce all forms of violence and reduce in one third the rates of femicide and children, adolescents, young, blacks, indigenous and LGBT populations base on 2015 rates.

 16.2.3: Child sexual abuse

Age-standardised prevalence of women and men aged 18–29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18 years, %

No specific target

Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development

  

 17.19.2c: Cert Death Reg

Well-certified deaths by a vital registration system among a country’s total population, %

No specific target

  1. DALY disability-adjusted life-year, GBD Global Burden of Disease, NCDs non-communicable diseases, SDG sustainable development goal, SEV summary exposure value, WaSH water, sanitation, and hygiene, PM2·5 fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 μm. Detailed descriptions of the data and methods for estimating each indicator are included in other publications [18,19,20].