Mortality related to tuberculosis-HIV/AIDS co-infection in Brazil, 2000-2011: epidemiological patterns and time trends
Lima, Mauricélia de la Silveira, Martins-Melo, Francisco Rogerlandio, Heukelbach, Jorg, Alencar, Carlos Henrique, Boigny, Reagan Nzundu, and Ramos, Alberto Novaes (2016) Mortality related to tuberculosis-HIV/AIDS co-infection in Brazil, 2000-2011: epidemiological patterns and time trends. Cadernos de Saude Publica, 32 (10). pp. 1-11.
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Abstract
Co-infection of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV/AIDS is a persistent public health problem in Brazil. This study describes epidemiological patterns and time trends of mortality related to TB-HIV/AIDS co-infection. Based on mortality data from 2000-2011 (almost 12.5 million deaths), 19,815 deaths related to co-infection were analyzed. The average age-adjusted mortality rate was 0.97 deaths/100,000 inhabitants. The highest mortality rates were found among males, those in economically productive age groups, black race/color and residents of the South region. There was a significant reduction in the mortality coefficient at the national level (annual average percent change: -1.7%; 95% CI: -2.4; -1.0), with different patterns among regions: increases in the North, Northeast and Central regions, a reduction in the Southeast and a stabilization in the South. The strategic integration of TB-HIV/AIDS control programmes is fundamental to reduce the burden of mortality related to co-infection in Brazil.
| Item ID: | 47081 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1678-4464 |
| Keywords: | tuberculosis, HIV, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, time series studies |
| Additional Information: | This is an open access article published under a CC-BY 4.0 license. |
| Funders: | CAPES, Brazil, CNPq, Brazil |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2016 07:32 |
| FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4206 Public health > 420699 Public health not elsewhere classified @ 50% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4202 Epidemiology > 420202 Disease surveillance @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920404 Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response) @ 30% 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920109 Infectious Diseases @ 70% |
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