A rural community in a Brazilian Western Amazonian region: some demographic and epidemiological patterns
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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97(2): 193-195, Mar. 2002. tab
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RESUMO
Some demographic and epidemiological patterns of the rural population of Monte Negro, locality situated in the State of Rondônia (Brazil), Western Amazonia, are described based on a sample of 924 randomly selected individuals, approximately 10 percent of the whole population. The main features of this sample are (1) the illiteracy rates in the parental generation were 23 percent for fathers and 20 percent for mothers. Among children, this figure dropped to 6 percent; (2) housing in Monte Negro is characterized by being constructed with wood (92 percent), and also a floor (75 percent). Nevertheless, only 32 percent of these houses had electric energy; (3) the mean ages for the parental generation were 41.9 for males and 36.3 for females. These values for the offspring generation were 12.2 and 10.5, respectively; (4) the sex-ratio of the offspring generation was 1.32;(5) the bioassay of kinship was estimated as .033 for this long range migrant population; (6) the prevalence of some macrophage dependent infectious disease was conspicuously high; (7) the reported number of malarial episodes among males and females was statistically different, suggesting that malaria may be, in part, a "professional" disease; (8) the prevalence of serum-positive reactions against B-hepatitis is distressing. It has a strong age dependence and reaches 74 percent among adult males. Conversely, signs of active infection (AgHbs) rises to 16 percent among children
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Main subject:
Demography
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Morbidity
Type of study:
Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centro de Pesquisa em Doenças Tropicais/BR
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Universidade Federal de Rondônia/BR
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Universidade de Säo Paulo/BR
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