Abstract

COELHO, Danieli Maria Matias et al. Epidemiological Features of Tuberculosis in the City of Teresina, Piaui State, Brazil, from 1999 to 2005. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2010, vol.19, n.1, pp.34-43. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742010000100005.

This work describes the epidemiological features of tuberculosis in the city of Teresina, Piauí State, Brazil, from 1999 to 2005. This is a descriptive epidemiologic study of historical series on newly reported tuberculosis cases among residents of Teresina, State of Piaui, by analyzing their demographic, socioeconomic and clinical characteristics. Data were collected from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan) and from the Information System on Mortality in Teresina. The median incidence rate of new cases was 50.1/100,000 population and the mean mortality coefficient was 3.3/100,000 population. The disease has affected mostly males (64.0%), those who had less than 7 years of formal education (70.33%) and in young adults (58.8%), although the highest incidence rate was found in the age group of 50 and over. Pulmonary tuberculosis was found in 80.23% of all cases. As for the course of the disease, 71.07% of patients were cured and 17.15% were transferred from one health service to another. This study has helped understand the characteristics of the population studied and the difficulties of the Tuberculosis Control Program in the city of Teresina as far as Sinan is concerned.

Keywords : tuberculosis; epidemiological profile; Teresina; Piauí.

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