Black Population Health: how black and brown people born, live and die in Florianopolis (SC)

• Autor(a) principal: Matos, Camila Carvalho de Souza Amorim
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Tourinho, Francis Solange Vieira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/1706
• topic: Health of Ethnic Minorities; Ethnicity and Health; Health Status Disparities; Socioeconomic Factors; Indicators of Morbidity and Mortality; Salud de las Minorías Étnicas; Origen Étnico y Salud; Disparidades en el Estado de Salud; Factores Socioeconómicos; Indicadores de Morbimortalidad; Saúde das Minorias Étnicas; Origem Étnica e Saúde; Disparidades nos Níveis de Saúde; Fatores Socioeconômicos; Indicadores de Morbimortalidade; Saúde da população negra.

Objective: To achieve a situational diagnosis of the health conditions of the black population in the city of Florianopolis (SC). Methods: It is a survey-type research, descriptive. Data from the health information systems were consulted in the available databases (municipal electronic records, census data and state and national TABNET DATASUS), analyzing the race/color variable, from 2010 to 2016. Results: The results reveal, among black population, worst schooling and income conditions, higher proportion of adolescent mothers, lower number of prenatal consultations, higher proportions of cases of syphilis in pregnant women and tuberculosis, and lower coverage of private health plans. Black patients attended the Psychosocial Care Centers proportionally more than in the Health Centers. Among the three leading causes of life-shortening deaths, AIDS and homicides appear every year among the black population, not appearing in the white population. Perinatal causes also appear only among black people. In 2016, suicide became the third leading cause of death that shortens life in the brown population. Conclusion: The worst health conditions in the black population may reflect also the worst socioeconomic conditions of this population and the institutional racism and the myth of Brazilian racial democracy.