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- Title
Spatial analysis of risk areas for the development of tuberculosis and treatment outcomes.
- Authors
Pinto de Andrade, Hamilton Leandro; Vieira Ramos, Antônio Carlos; de Almeida Crispim, Juliane; Santos Neto, Marcelino; Arroyo, Luiz Henrique; Arcêncio, Ricardo Alexandre
- Abstract
Objectives: to identify risk clusters for the occurrence of tuberculosis and its treatment outcomes. Methods: ecological study, in a city in Maranhão, using data from the Notifiable Diseases Information System. Point density analysis and isotonic scanning techniques were used to identify areas with the highest occurrence of treatment outcomes and identify risk areas for possible tuberculosis cases. Results: most tuberculosis cases occurred in the male, adult, brown-skinned population. Also, most of the reported cases were classified as pulmonary and as new cases that progressed to a cure. The areas with the highest density of cure, death and abandonment are located in the central region of the city. Conclusions: the central region of the urban area of the city, with high demographic density and poor sanitary and socioeconomic conditions, presented a greater cluster of tuberculosis cases.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TUBERCULOSIS epidemiology; TUBERCULOSIS risk factors; DISEASE clusters; POPULATION density; POPULATION geography; ECOLOGICAL research; RACE; TREATMENT effectiveness; RISK assessment; SEX distribution; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; RESEARCH funding; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); METROPOLITAN areas; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021, Vol 74, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0564