Epidemiologia do acidente vascular cerebral em Fortaleza: um levantamento de dados de 10 anos a partir do DATASUS

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Wiviany Silva de
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Jucá, Renata Viana Brígido de Moura, Castro, Shamyr Sulyvan de
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/39675
• topic: Epidemiologia; Acidente Vascular Cerebral; Fatores de Risco; Sistema Único de Saúde

Our objective was to perform a data collection about the epidemiology of stroke in Fortaleza, from 2008 to 2017. This is an ecological retrospective study. Data were collected in August, 2018, on Information Department of Unified Health System. Were collected data about hospitalization, mortality rate, average hospital stay and average hospitalization. The results showed an increase in hospitalizations, with greater occurrence in men, in the elderly and in the brown race; decrease in the mortality rate, an average of 11.6 days of hospitalization and an average value of R$ 1233.6 for hospitalization. Brazil is a country with socioeconomic differences, so it is necessary to conduct others researches about risk factors for stroke in order to have a broader view of the disease, with subsequent planning of collective health strategies that consider these data in its elaboration.