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PERFIL EPIDEMIOLOGICO DA DISTRIBUIÇÃO DA TUBERCULOSE NO ESTADO DA BAHIA NO PERÍODO DE 2016 A 2020

Doi: 10.47094/978-65-88958-79-7/50-59

PALAVRAS CHAVE: Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Epidemiologia. Saúde pública.

KEYWORDS: Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Epidemiology. Public health.

ABSTRACT:
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease with wide geographic distribution. Brazil has seven different types of species that cause tuberculosis, with Koch’s bacillus or Mycobacterium tuberculosis being the one with the highest serological prevalence. To verify the epidemiological profile of the distribution in the number of confirmed cases of tuberculosis in the state of Bahia, between the years 2016 to 2020. The analysis of the research occurred between the months of October and November 2021. This study was based on the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN). The parameters analyzed were: gender (male and female), color/race (white, black, brown, indigenous and yellow), area of residence (urban, rural, peri-urban), age group (up to 9 years old, 20 – 39 years old, 40-59 years, 60-79 years and over 80 years) and number of deaths. Between 2016 and 2020, 26,520 cases of tuberculosis were reported, with an average of 5,468 cases. With regard to age group, adults aged between 20 and 39 years had a higher prevalence, representing 39.5% of the total cases evaluated. Regarding the variable of residence, the urban area presented 82.33% of cases, with a predominance of people with brown coloration (59.2%). Note that there is an increase in the gradient in the number of deaths between the years 2016 to 2019, showing a decrease for the year 2020, and this result may be characterized by underreporting, associated with incompleteness of the analyzed variables. Tuberculosis can be associated with social inequalities and lack of primary care for communities in the periphery, requiring investment in actions and programs for monitoring treatment and early diagnosis, in order to avoid the high incidence of deaths.

Autores

  • Arthur da Silva Nascimento

  • Bruno Melo de Alcântara

  • Cicera Thainá Gonçalves da Silva

  • Clarice da Costa Sousa

  • Dhenes Ferreira Antunes

  • José Anderson Soares da Silva

  • Maria Amanda Nobre Lisboa

  • Maria Eduarda Xenofonte Carvalho

  • Maria Fernanda Barros Gouveia Diniz

  • Maria Naiane Martins de Carvalho

  • Roniely Alencar Alves

  • Wallas Benevides Barbosa de Sousa

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