Incidence and Mortality of Congenital Syphilis: A time series study

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Luana Jeniffer Souza Duarte da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Lúcio, Ingrid Martins Leite, Neves, Sabrina Joany Felizardo, Trindade, Ruth França Cizino da, Vieira, Ana Carolina Santana, Gonçalves, Paula Alencar, Lucena, Tâmara Silva de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/15042
• topic: Sífilis; Sífilis congénita; Incidencia; Mortalidad; Estudios de series temporales.; Sífilis; Sífilis congênita; Incidência; Mortalidade; Estudos de séries temporais.; Incidence; Mortality; Syphilis; Syphilis congenital; Time series studies.

Objective: To describe the incidence and mortality of congenital syphilis in the period from 2009 to 2018. Methodology: Epidemiological, descriptive study, with a cross-sectional design. Population composed of 1876 notified cases of congenital syphilis in Maceió residents. The data were extracted from the Health Information Systems. For statistical analysis, the chi-square test, ANOVA and Linear regression were used. The survey was approved under opinion nº 3.138.921. Results: The incidence of congenital syphilis has shown an increasing trend in the last 10 years. 32 deaths were recorded, which corresponded to a lethality of 1.7 deaths / 100 cases of congenital syphilis. Infant mortality showed the highest rate in 2012, 0.47 deaths / 1000 live births, maintaining a regular pattern between the years evaluated. Conclusion: The high incidence of congenital syphilis in Maceió represents a challenge for public health and requires strategies to improve prenatal care, in order to decrease mortality rates due to this cause.