Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

Spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and social vulnerability in Northeast Brazil

  • Thaís Zamboni Berra,
  • Ana Angélica Rêgo de Queiroz,
  • Mellina Yamamura,
  • Luiz Henrique Arroyo,
  • Maria Concebida da Cunha Garcia,
  • Marcela Paschoal Popolin,
  • Danielle Talita dos Santos,
  • Antonio Carlos Vieira Ramos,
  • Luana Seles Alves,
  • Inês Estevinho Fronteira,
  • Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto,
  • Pedro Fredemir Palha,
  • Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0160-2017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 5
pp. 693 – 697

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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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