Perfil epidemiológico de tuberculose na população indígena do Amazonas

Abstract

To describe the cases of tuberculosis among the indigenous population reported in the Information System - SINAN in the state of Amazonas. Method: Study epidemiological, descriptive and quantitative. The sample consisted of cases of tuberculosis in the Amazonian population between 2008 and 2017. For the analysis of the data, the Excel 2013 and performed the average and percentage calculations. Results: Between the years 2008 and 2017, 1,721 cases of tuberculosis were reported in the state's indigenous population of the Amazon. The municipality with the highest incidence was São Gabriel da Cachoeira with 20.7% (357) of the cases. The most affected gender was male (53.4%) and the age group predominated among individuals 20 to 39 years of age, totaling 575 cases. The area of ​​residence with the highest number of cases was rural with 68.3% of the total. The first bacilloscopy was positive in 46.0% of the cases and the pulmonary clinical form reached 86.3%. There was an increase in cure rate from the year 2010, with a decline from 2013 onwards and a serious decline in 2017 and an increase in the death rate in the same year. However, 72.3% of the cases evolved for healing. Conclusion: The historical series of tuberculosis in the indigenous population in the state of Amazonas shows that the disease should be considered a matter of discussion between managers and professionals who work directly in the care, aiming at an articulation more effective intersectoral approach to disease control measures