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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2237-9622
Abstract
MOURA, Davi Nilson Aguiar e et al. Temporal trend of mortality from infectious respiratory diseases in childhood in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2000-2020. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2023, vol.32, n.3, e2022796. Epub Sep 07, 2023. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s2237-96222023000300006.en.
Objective:
to analyze temporal trends in mortality due to infectious respiratory disease in children under 12 years old in Minas Gerais, Brazil, from 2000 to 2020.
Methods:
this was an ecological study using data on infectious respiratory disease in children under 12 years old registered on the Mortality Information System; the variables studied were etiological agent, anatomical site of infection and sex; trends were analyzed by joinpoint regression.
Results:
of the 4,688 registered deaths, the etiological agent of the disease was unspecified for 84.5% of them, and 88% were due to lower respiratory tract infections; there was a decreasing trend in deaths and in the proportion of deaths due to unspecified etiologic agents; in 2020, there was an increase in deaths with viral etiology and systemic involvement.
Conclusion:
in addition to the change in the etiologic profile, there was a reduction in mortality due to infectious respiratory diseases in children, even considering 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords : Respiratory Tract Diseases; Child Mortality; COVID-19; Time Series Studies; Epidemiology.