Author:

• Paula Hino - HIno P - Ribeirão Preto, SP - Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto- USP/DEMISP - <paulahino@yahoo.com.br>

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Abstract:

This study, with a hybrid, ecological and time-tendency design, aimed to study the relation between the Adapted Living Condition Index and the spatial distribution in the occurrence of Tb in the year 2000 and to obtain the spatial correlation in case occurrence, in Ribeirão Preto, between 2000 and 2006. The thematic maps were elaborated with the help of MapInfo 7.5 and spatial statistical analysis using Spring 4.3. For further calculations SPSS 10.0 was used. As to the indices that made up the Synthetic Living Conditions Index, the indices with the highest factor load were family heads gaining 2 minimum wages or less and with less than 3 years of education. The comparison of the living condition and Tuberculosis maps evidenced a relation between Tuberculosis and poorer areas in the city, as the incidence rate in the cluster with the low living condition was 49.9/100,000 inhabitants. The gross Chance Ratio, considering the cluster with the high living conditions as a reference, proved the association between Tuberculosis and living condition and 3.30 for the low living condition cluster (CR= 3.30; CI 95%: 1.90-5.70). The city’s layering according to living conditions and occurrence of Tuberculosis allowed for the identification of risk areas, supporting the local Tuberculosis Control Program.

Keywords: social conditions, space-time clustering, epidemiology, tuberculosis

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