Excess tuberculosis cases and deaths following an economic recession in Brazil: an analysis of nationally representative disease registry data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2019, tuberculosis incidence and mortality in Brazil were 46 and 3·3 per 100 000 population, respectively, and the country has reported rising tuberculosis case rates since 2016, following an economic crisis beginning in mid-2014. We aimed to estimate the number of excess tuberculosis cases and deaths during the recession period, and assessed potential causes.

Methods

In this multi-level regression modelling study, we extracted tuberculosis case notifications from Brazil's National Notifiable Disease Information System (known as SINAN), and tuberculosis deaths from the Mortality Information System (known as SIM), for all ages. We fitted mixed-effects regression models estimating trends in these outcomes-stratified by sex, age group, and state-during the pre-rec

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9472578 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature