Spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and social vulnerability in Northeast Brazil
Berra, Thaís Zamboni; Queiroz, Ana Angélica Rêgo de; Yamamura, Mellina; Arroyo, Luiz Henrique; Garcia, Maria Concebida da Cunha; Popolin, Marcela Paschoal; Santos, Danielle Talita dos; Ramos, Antonio Carlos Vieira; Alves, Luana Seles; Fronteira, Inês Estevinho; Chiaravalloti Neto, Francisco; Palha, Pedro Fredemir; Arcêncio, Ricardo Alexandre.
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
; 50(5): 693-697, Sept.-Oct. 2017. tab, graf
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common infectious disease in the world. We aimed to analyze the spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and to verify associations in high-risk areas with social vulnerability.METHODS:
This was an ecological study. The scan statistic was used to detect areas at risk, and the Bivariate Moran Index was used to verify relationships between variables.RESULTS:
High-risk areas of tuberculosis mortality were statistically significantly associated with domain 2 of the Social Vulnerability Index (I=0.010; p=0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
This study provides evidence regarding areas with high risk and that vulnerability is a determinant of TB mortality.
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