Open AccessEpidemiological overview of epilepsy by Brazilian macro-regions
Author(s) -
Natália Guerreiro Costa Neeser,
Caio Lopes Pereira Santos,
Gabriela Malta Coutinho,
Rebeca Menezes de Oliveira Lima,
Tauá Vieira Bahia
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5327/1516-3180.251
Subject(s) - epidemiology , christian ministry , epilepsy , demography , public health , medicine , population , disease , mortality rate , ecological study , geography , environmental health , pediatrics , surgery , pathology , philosophy , theology , psychiatry , sociology
Introdution: Studying the epidemiology of epilepsy is important for the knowledge of this disease in the national territory, and also to improve the Public System. Objectives: Describe the epidemiological profile of epilepsy in Brazilian regions between 2010 and 2019. Methods: Refers to an ecological study with secondary data from the Ministry of Health, through DATASUS. The period investigated was from January 2010 to December 2019, in Brazilian regions. The variables explored were region, sex, number of hospitalizations, average length of stay and mortality rate. Results: 507,443 hospitalizations were identified, with the highest numbers of cases being in the Southeast (44.34%) and the lowest in the North (5.43%). There was a predominance of hospitalizations in males (58%).The mortality rate varied between 2.97 (Northeast) and 1.44 (South). Southeast had the longest stay (6.8 days) and the shortest was in the South (4.4 days). Conclusions: After analyzing this study, males have the highest rate of hospitalization and the Southeast has the highest number of hospitalizations and average length of stay for epilepsy, which may be associated with the fact that this region has the largest absolute population. Although, the Northeast had the highest mortality rate, a situation possibly related to a lower integration of the health system compared to the other regions.