Epidemiological profile of tuberculosis in macro-regions of health of Minas Gerais from 2006 to 2016

• Autor(a) principal: Borges, Ricardo Miranda
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Silva, Amanda Batista Martins, Corrêa, Camila Soares Lima, Leite, Isabel Cristina Gonçalves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: HU Revista (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/hurevista/article/view/14034
• topic: Tuberculosis; Epidemiology; Health status indicators; Tuberculose; Epidemiologia; Indicadores Básicos de Saúde

Introduction: Tuberculosis is a public health problem due to its wide geographic dispersion and because it is closely linked to socioeconomic vulnerability. It is currently responsible for the sickness of around 10 million people worldwide. Objective: the present study aims to evaluate the epidemiological profi le of tuberculosis in the period 2006 to 2016 in the macro-regions of health of Minas Gerais. Material and Methods: This is an ecological study based on secondary data from the SINAN and the Mortality Information System (SIM), which aims to analyze epidemiological indicators of Tuberculosis in macro-regions of health of Minas Gerais from 2006 to 2016. Results: Through the analysis of epidemiological indicators of tuberculosis, we can identify 42,394 new cases of TB, with a mean of 3,854 cases / year, with the pulmonary form of the disease being predominant in new cases. In general, there was a decline in the general incidence coeffi cient, with an average value of 19.1 cases / 100,000 inhabitants in Minas Gerais, with a predominance in males. Regarding the values for case closure and treatment abandonment, we observed that we did not reach the WorldHealth Organization goals, which are 85% and 5%, respectively. The incidence of HIV-Tuberculosis coinfection has reached a maximum value of 3.6 and a minimum of less than 1 case / 100,000 inhabitants. The directly observed treatment short course rate was less than fi fty percent in most macro-regions of health and the state itself. The mortality coeffi cient varied throughout the analysed period, being in 2016 1,25 deaths/ 100.000 inhabitants. Conclusion: The epidemiological profile of tuberculosis varied between its macro-regions of health. The number of new cases, the mortality and the abandon rate were relevant, as well as the percentage of cure and directly observed treatment short course were lower than the goals recommended by the Ministry of Health.