Spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and social vulnerability in Northeast Brazil

Berra, Thaís Zamboni; Queiroz, Ana Angélica Rêgo de; Yamamura, Mellina; Arroyo, Luiz Henrique; Garcia, Maria Concebida da Cunha; Popolin, Marcela Paschoal; Santos, Danielle Talita dos; Ramos, Antonio Carlos Vieira; Alves, Luana Seles; Fronteira, Inês Estevinho; Chiaravalloti Neto, Francisco; Palha, Pedro Fredemir; Arcêncio, Ricardo Alexandre

Spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and social vulnerability in Northeast Brazil

Berra, Thaís Zamboni; Queiroz, Ana Angélica Rêgo de; Yamamura, Mellina; Arroyo, Luiz Henrique; Garcia, Maria Concebida da Cunha; Popolin, Marcela Paschoal; Santos, Danielle Talita dos; Ramos, Antonio Carlos Vieira; Alves, Luana Seles; Fronteira, Inês Estevinho; Chiaravalloti Neto, Francisco; Palha, Pedro Fredemir; Arcêncio, Ricardo Alexandre.

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 50 (5), 2017

Publication year: 2017

Abstract INTRODUCTION:

Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common infectious disease in the world. We aimed to analyze the spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and to verify associations in high-risk areas with social vulnerability.

METHODS:

This was an ecological study. The scan statistic was used to detect areas at risk, and the Bivariate Moran Index was used to verify relationships between variables.

RESULTS:

High-risk areas of tuberculosis mortality were statistically significantly associated with domain 2 of the Social Vulnerability Index (I=0.010; p=0.001).

CONCLUSIONS:

This study provides evidence regarding areas with high risk and that vulnerability is a determinant of TB mortality.

Distribución por Edad, Brasil/epidemiología, Demografía, Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Persona de Mediana Edad, Medición de Riesgo/métodos, Factores de Riesgo, Distribución por Sexo, Factores Socioeconómicos, Análisis Espacial, Tuberculosis/etiología, Tuberculosis/mortalidad, Poblaciones Vulnerables/estadística & datos numéricos

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