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, Francisco
- Palha, Pedro Fredemir
- Arcêncio, Ricardo Alexandre
Publication date
November 2017
DOI Publisher
FapUNIFESP (SciELO) Journal
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalAbstract
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.publishersversionpublishe
Add to ORKG