Mortality related to tuberculosis-HIV/Aids co-infection in Brazil, 2000-2011

Epidemiological Patterns and Time Trends

Bibliographic Data

ID5168499
AuthorsManuel Dos Santos Lima (0000-0002-0868-2494, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Mauricélia Da Silveira Lima (Universidade Federal do Ceará), Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo (Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil; Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará, Brasil), Francisco Rogerlândio Martins‐Melo (0000-0003-3690-5023, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Jorg Heukelbach (0000-0002-7845-5510, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil; James Cook University, Australia), Carlos Henrique Alencar (0000-0003-2967-532X, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Reagan Nzundu Boigny (0000-0002-4487-5509, Universidade Federal do Ceará), Alberto Novaes Ramos Junior (Universidade Federal do Ceará), Alberto Novaes Ramos (0000-0001-7982-1757, Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Year2016
Volume32
Issue10
Pagese00026715-e00026715
Publication date2016-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00026715
PMID27828607
OpenAlexW2547344911
SciELOS0102-311X2016001005008
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

Co-infection of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV/AIDS is a persistent public health problem in Brazil. This study describes epidemiological patterns and time trends of mortality related to TB-HIV/AIDS co-infection. Based on mortality data from 2000-2011 (almost 12.5 million deaths), 19,815 deaths related to co-infection were analyzed. The average age-adjusted mortality rate was 0.97 deaths/100,000 inhabitants. The highest mortality rates were found among males, those in economically productive age groups, black race/color and residents of the South region. There was a significant reduction in the mortality coefficient at the national level (annual average percent change: -1.7%; 95%CI: -2.4; -1.0), with different patterns among regions: increases in the North, Northeast and Central regions, a reduction in the Southeast and a stabilization in the South. The strategic integration of TB-HIV/AIDS control programmes is fundamental to reduce the burden of mortality related to co-infection in Brazil

Environmental health · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Mortality rate · Pathology · Public health · Tuberculosis · Demography · Epidemiology · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Surgery

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