Time trend, social vulnerability, and identification of risk areas for tuberculosis in Brazil: An ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Tuberculosis is one of the ten leading causes of death and the leading infectious cause worldwide. The disease represents a challenge to health systems around the world. In 2018, it is estimated that 10 million people were affected by tuberculosis, and approximately 1.5 million people died due to the disease worldwide, including 251,000 patients coinfected with HIV. In Brazil, the disease caused 4,490 deaths, with rate of 2.2 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. The objective of this study was to analyze the time behavior, spatial, spatial-temporal distribution, and the effects of social vulnerability on the incidence of TB in Brazil during the period from 2001 to 2017.

Materials and methods

A spatial-temporal ecological study was conducted, including all new cases o

SUBMITTER: de Paiva JPS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8789117 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature