Expectativa de Vida no Paraná: cenários e ganhos potenciais de anos.

This article discusses the longevity of the Paraná state population, in order to present prospective scenarios with horizon in the year 2035. The objective is to provide estimates supported on the construction of Mortality Tables, initially for a trend scenario and, from it, three structural variants, named as deceleration, desirable and overcoming. It also consists of identifying the main current causes of death incidents throughout the life cycle of people, so that, later, strategies can be developed to prevent or control the risk factors to which the population is exposed, conditions and standards of well-being, with extensive impact on life expectancy. Thus, the increase in years of life of the population of Paraná goes primarily, on the one hand, by the emphasis on reducing mortality from external causes and, on the other, on the ability to continuously and sufficiently absorb the growing demand for prevention and control of NCDs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]