Open AccessDeath of adults by stroke in Santa Catarina
Author(s) -
Maria Eduarda Coelho da Maia
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5327/1516-3180.737
Subject(s) - stroke (engine) , demography , medicine , epidemiology , cause of death , population , ecological study , race (biology) , gerontology , environmental health , mechanical engineering , disease , sociology , engineering , botany , biology
Background: Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, including 10% of deaths. In addition to death, stroke can cause irreversible paralysis, permanently disabling the patient. Objectives: The present study proposes an analysis of the epidemiological variants that interfere with the number of adult deaths from stroke in the state of Santa Catarina (SC). Design and setting: This is an ecological study, whose area of analysis was the state of Santa Catarina, located in Brazil. The population studied was the group of individuals aged 20 to 59 years old living in the area studied and who died of a stroke (ICD-10 I64) in the period from January 2005 to December 2019. Methods: The data used were obtained from DATASUS. The variables analyzed were: sex, color/race, and region. Results: The present study found a greater predominance of the white race in both sexes in the state of SC with 86% of total deaths. The male gender was higher in all age groups and years analyzed presenting a percentage of 56%, and the female with 44%. The Mountainous and the South regions of Santa Catarina, two less industrialized regions and with the two lowest GDP’s in the state, had the first and third highest prevalence of deaths, respectively 20% and 16%. Conclusions: The state of Santa Catarina showed a higher prevalence of deaths from stroke in the analyzed period in white adults, males, and residents of the Mountainous region and South of the state.