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- Title
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF SOME PARASITIC DISEASES IN THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL.
- Authors
de Souza Júnior, Edison Vitório; Pires Cruz, Diego; Ferreira Moreira, Sávio Luiz; Souza Rosa, Randson; Narriman Silva de Oliveira Boery, Rita; Nagib Boery, Eduardo
- Abstract
Objective: to describe the epidemiological behavior of some parasitic diseases in Brazil between 2013 and 2017. Methods: ecological and descriptive study based on data from Hospital Information Systems. It were collected the variables: Brazilian regions, age groups, sex and color/race. Results: it were found five diseases: amoebiasis, schistosomiasis, leishmaniosis, malaria and trypanosomiasis. There were record of 33.285 hospital admissions and 951 deaths by these diseases, corresponding to a mortality of 2,86%. The region with higher prevalence of hospital admissions, deaths and mortality was north (38,42%), northeastern (50,47%) and southeast (4,68%), respectively. Leishmaniosis has obtained higher morbidity (43,19%) and deaths (59,41%), already trypanosomiasis evidenced highest mortality (10,81%). The highest mortality rate by parasitic diseases was observed among males (2,97), self-declared white and black persons similarly (3,85) and aged ≥80 years old (9,64). Conclusion: the study revealed increasing behavior in deaths and mortality due parasitic diseases in Brazil, making it necessary the strengthening of sanitary measures espe cially in the southeast region for presenting greater mortality.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; PARASITOLOGY; RESEARCH methodology; ECOLOGICAL research; PARASITIC diseases; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2021, Vol 13, Issue 1, p421
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v13.8062