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Healthcare in Brazil is a Constitutional right.〔Ministério do Planejamento website, ("Constituição Federal (Artigos 196 a 200)" ).〕 It is provided by both private and government institutions. The Health Minister administers national health policy. Primary health care remains the responsibility of the federal government, elements of which (such as the operation of hospitals) are overseen by individual states. Public health care is provided to all Brazilian permanent residents and foreigners in Brazilian territory through the National Health Care System, known as Unified Health System - SUS. The SUS is universal and free for everyone. ==Health== According to the Brazilian Government, the most serious health problems are:〔Ministério do Planejamento website, ("Saúde" (fact sheet, 2002) ). Retrieved 12 June 2007.〕 * Childhood mortality: about 2.51% of childhood mortality, reaching 3.77% in the northeast region. * Motherhood mortality: about 73.1 deaths per 100,000 born children in 2002. * Mortality by non-transmissible illness: 151.7 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants caused by heart and circulatory diseases, along with 72.7 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants caused by cancer. * Mortality caused by external causes (transportation, violence and suicide): 71.7 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (14.9% of all deaths in the country), reaching 82.3 deaths in the southeast region. In 2002, Brazil accounted for 40% of malaria cases in the Americas. Nearly 99% are concentrated in the Legal Amazon Region, which is home to not more than 12% of the population.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Health in Brazil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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