Author:

• Maria Antonia Heck - Heck, M.A. - Vigilância Epidemiológica da Secretaria Municipal de Sapucaia do Sul; Escola de Saúde Pública da Secretaria Estadual de Saúde do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul - <maria.heck@gmail.com> +

Co-author(s):

• Marcelo Felipe Nunes - Nunes, M.F. - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - <marcelomfn@yahoo.com.br>
• Juvenal Soares Dias da Costa - Dias da Costa, J.S.D - Pelotas, - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos; Departamento de Medicina Social da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Pelotas - <jcosta@unisinos.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3160-6075

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

Objective: To describe the Tuberculosis indicators tendencies in relation to their prevalence, incidence and the percents of case ending (cure, treatment abandonment or death) for the patients who entered in the Program in Sapucaia do Sul, RS, between 2000 and 2008.
Methods: A rates ecological analysis was developed. We showed the brute rates of the frequencies and the confidence intervals of 95%. The rate estimations were verified through average annual percent change. Numerators and denominators combinations were realized every three years.
Results: The prevalence rate was 64.3 and the incidence rate was 58.0 per 100000 inhabitants. The indicator analysis didn’t show significant statistic differences between the annual rates or in the combinations during the period.
Discuss: The endings were above the goals proposed by the World Health Organization, what engages the disease control, once the transmission chain cannot be interrupted.

Keywords:

Tuberculosis Prevalence Incidence mortality Medication Adherence

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