Viral hepatitis caused by occupational accidents: distribution of cases in Brazil, 2007-2014

• Autor(a) principal: Cordeiro, Técia Maria Santos Carneiro e
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Araújo, Tânia Maria de, D'Oliveira Júnior, Argemiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção
• Texto Completo: https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/epidemiologia/article/view/16142
• topic: Análise espaço-temporal. Hepatite viral humana. Doenças transmissíveis. Acidentes de trabalho. Notificação de doenças.

to analyze the distribution of cases of viral hepatitis due to occupational accidents in Brazil from 2007 to 2014. Methods: this is an ecological study of a descriptive nature of notifications of viral hepatitis registered in the Information System for Notifiable Diseases. Results: they point out that the mean incidence of viral hepatitis due to occupational accidents in Brazil was 2 cases/1,000,000 of the economically active and employed population. There was an increasing trend in the Midwest region (p=0.02), among women (p=0.01) and those aged 38 to 49 years and 50 and older (p=0.01). The decreasing time trend was observed among those up to 37 years old and for non-black race/skin color (p=0.04). Conclusion: the temporal distribution was stationary in most regions and states in Brazil, increasing among female workers over 38 years old and decreasing among non-black women and under 37 years old.