Hospitalization and mortality rates of malignant prostatic neoplasms in Brazil: A cross-sectional study from 2008 to 2018

Abstract Prostate cancer (PCa) is a highly prevalent condition among men worldwide, resulting in reduced quality of life and increased costs to health systems due to hospitalization and death. This study aimed to explore and understand the evolution of PCa in Brazil from 2008 to 2018. Data were obtained from the National Health System Department of Informatics (DATASUS) using code C61 for malignant prostatic neoplasms. We presented the hospitalization and mortality rates in a temporal-, regional- and age-dependent manner. From 2008 to 2018, a year-dependent increase in hospital admissions due to PCa was reported in Brazil, in which the Southeast region showed the highest prevalence. Men aged ≥80 and those 70-79 years old had similar hospitalization rates, followed by men aged 60-69, 50-59, 40-49 and 30-39 years old. Similarly, an increase in deaths due to PCa was reported during this period, with the highest rates seen in the Southeast. Men aged ≥80 years had higher mortality rates, followed by those aged 70-79, 60-69, 50-59, 40-49 and 30-39 years old. The results obtained indicate an age- and region-dependent increase in PCa morbidity and mortality in Brazil overtime and may contribute to the ongoing discussion on the role and future perspective of the health care system in Brazil.

The Brazilian congresses of epidemiology / Os congressos brasileiros de epidemiologia

ABSTRACT: This paper deals with the first ten epidemiology conferences held by ABRASCO between 1990 and 2017. Objective: To provide historical records of these events, highlighting the context in which they were conceived, the chosen themes and their role in the national and international epidemiological landscape, the venues, and the presidents of the different editions. Methods: Data were extracted from printed and electronic proceedings, with some data gaps that could not be filled. Results: The numbers and characteristics of different activities are also presented, with emphasis on conferences and roundtables, lectures, panels and debates, and the collaboration of the academic and professional community for coordinated communications and posters outlining a wide range of themes and approaches. This paper keeps record of most of the activities carried out. Conclusions: The authors are aware that the record presented is a pale picture of the real meaning of these meetings in which the development of epidemiology was being built, in an articulation between scholars and health services and as a cooperation between national researchers and our companions and friends who work in foreign institutions all around the world.

RESUMO: O artigo trata dos primeiros dez congressos de epidemiologia realizados pela Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva, entre 1990 e 2017. Objetivo: O objetivo do artigo é prover um registro histórico desses eventos destacando o contexto no qual eles foram concebidos, os temas adotados e seu sentido quanto ao panorama nacional e internacional da disciplina, as sedes e os presidentes das diferentes edições. Métodos: Os dados foram extraídos dos anais impressos ou eletrônicos dos congressos, havendo alguns lapsos nos dados que não puderam ser preenchidos. Resultados: São também apresentados os números e as características das diferentes atividades, com destaque para conferências e mesas-redondas, palestra, painéis e debates e para a colaboração da comunidade acadêmica e profissional para comunicações coordenadas e pôsteres, traçando um amplo painel de temas e abordagens. O artigo registra a maioria das atividades desenvolvidas. Conclusão: Os autores têm consciência de que o registro apresentado é uma pálida imagem do real significado desses encontros, nos quais o desenvolvimento da epidemiologia foi sendo construída na articulação entre a academia e os serviços de saúde e na cooperação entre pesquisadores nacionais e nossos colegas e amigos que atuam em instituições estrangeiras em diferentes partes do mundo.