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TENDÊNCIAS TEMPORAIS DA MORTALIDADE E DA LETALIDADE POR LEISHMANIOSE VISCERAL NO BRASIL (2012-2019)

Doi: 10.47094/IICNNESP.2021/85

PALAVRAS CHAVE: Doenças negligenciadas. Estudos de séries temporais. Epidemiologia.

KEYWORDS: Neglected diseases. Time series studies. Epidemiology.

ABSTRACT:
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected tropical disease, potentially lethal and widely distributed in Brazil. The objective is to analyze the temporal trends of mortality due to VL in Brazil from 2012 to 2019. It consists of a time series study that included the reported cases of VL in the period from 2012 to 2019. Mortality and lethality were calculated considering the outcome death between patients with VL from the Notifiable Disorders Notification System Temporal trends were examined using segmented linear regression (Joinpoint). A total of 2,787 deaths from VL were registered, predominantly male, adults, non-white, living in urban areas and from the Northeast region. It is concluded that despite national and international efforts to reduce VL lethality, it is still a serious health problem in Brazil.

Autores

  • Alice Cardoso

  • Caíque Jordan Nunes Ribeiro

  • Eliete Rodrigues da Silva

  • Plínio Lima Barreto

  • Yandra Yssa de Menezes Marinho

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