Open AccessEpidemiological analysis of traumatic brain injury in the Northeast region of Brazil
Author(s) -
Thaylon Fernando Bonatti Figueiredo,
Hilca Mariano Martins,
Valnia Vanderlei Nepomuceno Lima,
Lívia Helena Moreira
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5327/1516-3180.468
Subject(s) - epidemiology , medicine , christian ministry , traumatic brain injury , public health , injury prevention , mortality rate , occupational safety and health , pediatrics , poison control , demography , emergency medicine , surgery , psychiatry , philosophy , theology , nursing , pathology , sociology
Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is characterized as an injury or functional damage to the brain caused by traumatic aggression, and is still considered a public health problem. Objectives: To analyze the epidemiological profile of patients hospitalized due to TBI in the Northeast region of the country. Methodology: This is a descriptive, epidemiological study, from January 2009 to December 2019, with data from DATASUS - Ministry of Health. Results: Between 2009 and 2019 there were 299,001 hospitalizations and 30,257 deaths. With 73,133, a presentation from Bahia the highest number of hospitalizations and Pernambuco the highest number of deaths with 6,903 cases. The male gender had the highest number of hospitalizations (78.9%) and deaths (82.6%). Young adults, between 20 and 39 years old, accounted for 40% of hospitalizations and 37.5% of deaths, possibly due to sociocultural and behavioral characteristics. The highest mortality rate was registered in the elderly (21.5%). There was a predominance of brown race in hospitalizations (84.6%) and in deaths (85.5%). In the eleven-year period, there was an increase of 28% in the number of admissions by the TBI, and an increase of 94.7% in hospital costs. Only the state of Paraíba registered a reduction in hospitalizations and deaths due to TBI in the referred period. Conclusion: There is a general worsening in the region, and it is important to formulate education and health policies to reduce TBI morbidity and mortality in the Northeast region of Brazil.