Spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and social vulnerability in Northeast Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Berra, Thaís Zamboni
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Queiroz, Ana Angélica Rêgo de, Yamamura, Mellina, Arroyo, Luiz Henrique, Garcia, Maria Concebida da Cunha, Popolin, Marcela Paschoal, Santos, Danielle Talita Dos, Ramos, Antonio Carlos Vieira, Alves, Luana Seles, Fronteira, Inês Estevinho, Chiaravalloti, Francisco, Palha, Pedro Fredemir, Arcêncio, Ricardo Alexandre
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/36510
• topic: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Brazil; Child; Child, Preschool; Demography; Female; Geographic Information Systems; Humans; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Sex Distribution; Socioeconomic Factors; Spatial Analysis; Tuberculosis; Vulnerable Populations; Young Adult; Journal Article; Epidemiology; Infectious Diseases; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common infectious disease in the world. We aimed to analyze the spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and to verify associations in high-risk areas with social vulnerability. METHODS: This was an ecological study. The scan statistic was used to detect areas at risk, and the Bivariate Moran Index was used to verify relationships between variables. RESULTS: High-risk areas of tuberculosis mortality were statistically significantly associated with domain 2 of the Social Vulnerability Index (I=0.010; p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence regarding areas with high risk and that vulnerability is a determinant of TB mortality.