Epidemiological profile of child deaths due to respiratory system diseases in the state of São Paulo from 2017 to 2021

• Autor(a) principal: Curzio, Ricardo Lopes
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, Luis Felipe Tomé, de Sousa, Danielly Santos, Rangel, Maria Eduarda Machado, da Silva, Fabio José Antônio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• DOI: 10.36557/2674-8169.2024v6n1p2196-2212
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/1231
• topic: Óbitos infantis; Doenças respiratórias; São Paulo; Infant deaths; Respiratory diseases; São Paulo; Muertes infantiles; Enfermedades respiratorias; São Paulo

This article aims to correlate infant mortality rates with acute respiratory diseases in the years 2017 to 2021 in the state of São Paulo. This is an ecological epidemiological study of temporal analysis with data obtained in December 2023 from the Information Technology Department of the Unified Health System (DataSus) and originating from the Disease and Notification Information System (SINAN). It was evident from the analysis of the graphs that in the state of São Paulo, the rate of infant deaths due to diseases of the respiratory system has an important relationship with the size of the population, in addition to the intrinsic relationship between these diseases and atmospheric pollutants. Although at the beginning of 2020 the state had a drop in deaths related to the respiratory system in children, the Covid-19 pandemic brought a significant increase in this figure, thus reaffirming the need to look carefully at this challenge to the system. of Brazilian health.