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Ursila Manga Aridja1, Luciana Guerra Gallo1, Ana Flávia de Morais Oliveira1
1Universidade de Brasília, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Objective:
To characterize tuberculosis cases notified at post-mortem in Brazil in 2014.
Methods:
This is a descriptive study of tuberculosis cases notified at post-mortem. Data resulted from linkage of the Notifiable Health Conditions Information System-TB (SINAN-TB) and the Mortality Information System (SIM), and were described according to underlying cause of death: tuberculosis, AIDS and other.
Results:
In the 2,703 tuberculosis cases notified at post-mortem, a higher proportion was found of people of the male sex (73.5%), aged over 39 (80.8%), <8 years of schooling (66.5%), of Black and brown race/skin color (62.8%), with the pulmonary clinical form of tuberculosis (75.2%); there was also a higher proportion of cases notified by the public health service (57.6%) and in municipalities with HDI-M >0.7 (66.6%).
Conclusion:
The characteristics described of people with post-mortem notification and the magnitude of this outcome suggest weaknesses in tuberculosis care and surveillance services.
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