A study of the prevalence and characterization of mortality in children and adolescentes due to leucemia in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: de Gilio Júnior, Luiz Eduardo
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Alexandre Proni, Matheus, Machado dos Santos, Adélcio, Maria Cruz Reyes, Yelsy, Assis Ribeiro, Joseana Moreira, Batista Gonzaga Faria , Helba, Ferreira da Silva, Luiz Fernando, Alves Faria , Elter
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/315
• topic: Mortalidade; Leucemias; Promoção em Saúde; Criança; Adolescência; Mortality; Leukemia; Health Promotion; Child; Adolescent

This article aims to characterize the prevalence of mortality from leukemia in children and adolescents in Brazil. It is an epidemiological study, of the ecological type, whose area analysis units were the regions of Brazil. Data from this study were of the secondary type, obtained through the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS), from the Mortality Information System (SIM). For the investigation, children and adolescents, aged between zero and nineteen years old, with deaths in the period from 2017 to 2021, whose leukemia was the underlying cause mentioned in the Death Certificate by means of codes according to the tenth International Classification, were chosen. of Diseases. It is concluded that leukemia is the main cause of death in children and adolescents and the subtype Acute Lymphoid Leukemia represented by the ICD-91 is the most common among the cases of deaths notified in the Brazilian regions.