Mortalidade por doença de chagas no estado de Goiás, Brasil, no período de 2006 a 2011

• Ano de defesa: 2017
• Autor(a) principal: Moraes, Cicílio Alves de
• Orientador(a): Oliveira, Ênio Chaves de
• Banca de defesa: Oliveira, Ênio Chaves de, Luquetti, Alejandro Ostermayer, Penhavel, Félix André Sanches, Melo, Renato Miranda de, Quireze Junior, Claudemiro
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Goiás
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Saúde (FM)
• Departamento: Faculdade de Medicina - FM (RG)
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Doença de Chagas; Mortalidade; Atestado de óbito
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Chagas disease; Mortality; Death certificate
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/7431

Mortality due to Chagas Disease in the State of Goiás was searched from the records of the National System of Information on Mortality, among 2006 and 2011. In this period, the Mortality in all the country registered as by Chagas disease was of 29,041 cases, of whom 4,293 (14.8%) were in Goiás State. The proportion of deaths for Chagas Disease was 0.44 for Brazil and 2.35% for Goiás State (P<0,01). Mortality occurred in individuals with low schooling (84% of individuals with schooling less than 4 years), and 72% of deaths occurred over 60 years of age. Heart disease was the main cause of death (80.3%) in the chronic phase of the disease. Chagas Disease is a significant cause of mortality and it is 5.3 times higher in Goiás State than in all the Country, with low rate of associated diseases.