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Incidence and Mortality of Congenital Syphilis: A time series study
| Resumo: | Objective: To describe the incidence and mortality of congenital syphilis in the period from 2009 to 2018. Methodology: Epidemiological, descriptive study, with a cross-sectional design. Population composed of 1876 notified cases of congenital syphilis in Maceió residents. The data were extracted from the Health Information Systems. For statistical analysis, the chi-square test, ANOVA and Linear regression were used. The survey was approved under opinion nº 3.138.921. Results: The incidence of congenital syphilis has shown an increasing trend in the last 10 years. 32 deaths were recorded, which corresponded to a lethality of 1.7 deaths / 100 cases of congenital syphilis. Infant mortality showed the highest rate in 2012, 0.47 deaths / 1000 live births, maintaining a regular pattern between the years evaluated. Conclusion: The high incidence of congenital syphilis in Maceió represents a challenge for public health and requires strategies to improve prenatal care, in order to decrease mortality rates due to this cause. |
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| Autores principais: | Costa, Luana Jeniffer Souza Duarte da |
| Outros Autores: | Lúcio, Ingrid Martins Leite; Neves, Sabrina Joany Felizardo; Trindade, Ruth França Cizino da; Vieira, Ana Carolina Santana; Gonçalves, Paula Alencar; Lucena, Tâmara Silva de |
| Assunto: | Sífilis Sífilis congénita Incidencia Mortalidad Estudios de series temporales. Sífilis Sífilis congênita Incidência Mortalidade Estudos de séries temporais. Incidence Mortality Syphilis Syphilis congenital Time series studies. |
| Ano: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | IBICT |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Oasisbr |
| Resumo: | Objective: To describe the incidence and mortality of congenital syphilis in the period from 2009 to 2018. Methodology: Epidemiological, descriptive study, with a cross-sectional design. Population composed of 1876 notified cases of congenital syphilis in Maceió residents. The data were extracted from the Health Information Systems. For statistical analysis, the chi-square test, ANOVA and Linear regression were used. The survey was approved under opinion nº 3.138.921. Results: The incidence of congenital syphilis has shown an increasing trend in the last 10 years. 32 deaths were recorded, which corresponded to a lethality of 1.7 deaths / 100 cases of congenital syphilis. Infant mortality showed the highest rate in 2012, 0.47 deaths / 1000 live births, maintaining a regular pattern between the years evaluated. Conclusion: The high incidence of congenital syphilis in Maceió represents a challenge for public health and requires strategies to improve prenatal care, in order to decrease mortality rates due to this cause. |
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