Open AccessEpidemiological analysis of deaths and hospitalizations due to Alzheimer’s in Brazil from 2015 to 2019
Author(s) -
Gabriella Ribeiro de Almeida,
Ana Júlia Omodei Rodrigues Martim,
Ana Maria Bezerra Ramos,
Anniele Eline Lima Menezes,
Giovanna de Amorim Papaléo,
Mariany Piedade Almeida Albuquerque,
Nathasha C. de Oliveira
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5327/1516-3180.346
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , observational study , mortality rate , demography , retrospective cohort study , cause of death , pediatrics , disease , sociology
Background: In 2050, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may affect 14 million people worldwide, being considered the fourth leading cause of death in adults. Objectives: Analyze the variation in deaths, mortality rate and hospitalizations for AD from 2015 to 2019, in Brazil. Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study of descriptive data from the Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS). Results: In Brazil, from 2015 to 2019, there were 9045 hospitalizations and 1786 deaths from AD. Registering an increase in the total of dead about 75% (2015: n = 221; 2019: n = 386). In the years 2015-2019, the following mortality rates were recorded: 13.69; 14.86; 19.26; 21.23; 24,13, showing a smaller difference between the years 2015 and 2016 with 8.6%, and a greater difference between the deaths of 2016 and 2017 with 29%. Despite the growing trend of deaths from AD, there was a variation in the number of cases of hospitalizations in the analyzed period, with the following numbers per year, from 2015- 2019, respectively: 1,614; 1,501; 1,568; 1,550; 1,600, thus explaining that the year with the highest number of hospitalizations was 2015 (n = 1614), while the lowest was 2016 (n = 1501), showing a decrease between 2015-2019 of 0.86%. Conclusion: It was noted that 2019 had 165 more deaths than the year 2015 and a progressive increase in the mortality rate between 2015-2019. However, the number of hospitalizations during the study period was variable.