Background, Objectives:
Understanding the causes of mortality in the population is essential for the reorganization of the public health system, especially after the covid-19, that mobilized health structures in Brazil and around the world. The objective is to describe and analyze indicators of mortality to understand the regional epidemiological characteristics and support decision-making in public health planning and management in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Médos:
Open data available in the Health Information Systems provided by the Brazilian Government were used. The General Mortality Rate of the population of the SRJ, crude and standardized, from the year of 2019, was analyzed in comparison to the indicators of Brazil and other Brazilian States. Resultados The characteristics of persons who die in the SRJ has a slight predominance of males, a higher percentage of white people, aged over 70 years and a higher occurrence of deaths in hospitals. The Standardized Mortality Rate was 8.3% for the SRJ. The main causes of death were diseases of the circulatory system, neoplasms, diseases of the respiratory system and external causes, with a significant burden of violent deaths. The General Mortality Rate increased between 2000 and 2020 and infant and perinatal mortality maintained a downward trend.

Conclusã:
This analysis allows us to outline prospects for reconstruction for the future in state and municipal public health. The mortality rate in the SRJ was higher than the Brazilian rate with disparity between the health regions of the state. Deaths from heart diseases have a homogeneous distribution in all regions of the state and deaths from ill-defined causes points to the need for investment in the qualification of information. The rates are strongly influenced by the age structure between the regions of the state, showing the need to organize care based on the characteristics of population aging.