SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LEPROSY CASES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SOBRAL, STATE OF CEARÁ FROM 2010 TO 2017

• Autor(a) principal: Braga, Jamilly Coelho Teixeira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Albuquerque, Izabelle Mont'Alverne Napoleão, Ribeiro, Marcos Aguiar, Mayorga, Fernando Daniel de Oliveira, Sousa, Jaciara Alves de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3190
• topic: Análise espacial; Doenças infectocontagiosas; Mapeamento geográfico; Avaliação em saúde; Doença infectocontagiosa; Avaliação em Saúde; Análise especial; Análisis espacial; Enfermedades infecciosas contagiosas; Cartografía geográfica; Valoración de salud; Spatial analysis; Communicable diseases; Geographic mapping; Health evaluation

This article seeks to analyze the spatial distribution of leprosy cases in the municipality of Sobral, state of Ceará, from 2010 to 2017, using geoprocessing techniques. This is an epidemiological, ecological study of transversal temporal reference with a quantitative approach conducted in the municipality of Sobral, Ceará. Patients diagnosed with leprosy in the municipality of Sobral from 2010 to 2017 and use of geoprocessing for spatial analysis were chosen as study participants. In total, 750 new cases were notified during the study period, of which the year 2012 had the highest number of diagnoses and a detection rate of 52.81 per 100 thousand inhabitants, which demonstrates the hyperendemicity of the municipality, besides the male prevalence, low education, urban area and new cases. The spatial analysis shows that most neighborhoods have at least one case of leprosy during the years studied, and the headquarters has an endemic area for the transmission of positive leprosy. The municipality during the study period showed a favorable evolution of the disease, with the last two years presenting a very high rate of detection of leprosy, which confirms the endemicity of the municipality and demonstrates that the implemented actions are being effective, with early diagnosis, completion of treatment and tracking of contacts.