Mortality related to tuberculosis-HIV/AIDS co-infection in Brazil, 2000-2011: epidemiological patterns and time trends

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Mauricélia da Silveira
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Martins-Melo, Francisco Rogerlândio, Heukelbach, Jorg, Alencar, Carlos Henrique, Boigny, Reagan Nzundu, Ramos Júnior, Alberto Novaes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/22577
• topic: Tuberculose; HIV; Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida

Co-infection of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV/AIDS is a persistent public health problem in Brazil. This study describes epidemiological patterns and time trends of mortality related to TB-HIV/AIDS co-infection. Based on mortal - ity data from 2000-2011 (almost 12.5 million deaths), 19,815 deaths re - lated to co-infection were analyzed. The average age-adjusted mortality rate was 0.97 deaths/100,000 inhabitants. The highest mortality rates were found among males, those in economically productive age groups, black race/color and residents of the South region. There was a significant re - duction in the mortality coefficient at the national level (annual average percent change: -1.7%; 95%CI: -2.4; -1.0), with different patterns among regions: increases in the North, Northeast and Central regions, a reduction in the Southeast and a stabilization in the South. The strategic integration of TB-HIV/AIDS control programmes is fundamental to reduce the burden of mortality related to co-infection in Brazil.