INTRODUCTION: The increase in life expectancy and the decline in mortality rates in Brazil have an impact on social programs to the elderly, especially related to health care.The objective of the study isto analyze the mortality trends for respiratory diseases in elderly. METHODS: An ecological time series was carried out and mortality data was obtained from the Mortality Information System of the Ministry of Health (SIM/MS-DATA-SUS). it was analyzed the time trends of standardized mortality rates according to age groups […]