OBJECTIVE: to analyze dengue incidence trend in Brazil from 2002 to 2012. METHODS: this was an ecological study with data of the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan); the incidence rate was calculated by age groups, states and macroregions, through Prais-Winsten regression. RESULTS: dengue incidence rates in Brazil, in 2002 and 2012, were of 401.6 and 301.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively; annual increment rates were stable (21.4%; 95%CI -19.8;83.7) in most of the states, except for Alagoas (38.9%; 95%CI 5.1;83.5) and Tocantins (50.4%; 95%CI 12.6;100.7); the North Region was the only region to present increase trend in the incidence of dengue. CONCLUSION: although rates have remained stable in most of the states, they are still high in Brazil; broader public policies focusing on new dengue control strategies are necessary.
OBJECTIVE: to analyze dengue incidence trend in Brazil from 2002 to 2012. METHODS: this was an ecological study with data of the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan); the incidence rate was calculated by age groups, states and macroregions, through Prais-Winsten regression. RESULTS: dengue incidence rates in Brazil, in 2002 and 2012, were of 401.6 and 301.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively; annual increment rates were stable (21.4%; 95%CI -19.8;83.7) in most of the states, except for Alagoas (38.9%; 95%CI 5.1;83.5) and Tocantins (50.4%; 95%CI 12.6;100.7); the North Region was the only region to present increase trend in the incidence of dengue. CONCLUSION: although rates have remained stable in most of the states, they are still high in Brazil; broader public policies focusing on new dengue control strategies are necessary.
Authors: Silmery da Silva Brito Costa; Maria Dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho Branco; José Aquino Junior; Zulimar Márita Ribeiro Rodrigues; Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz; Adriana Soraya Araujo; Ana Patrícia Barros Câmara; Polyana Sousa Dos Santos; Emile Danielly Amorim Pereira; Maria do Socorro da Silva; Flávia Regina Vieira da Costa; Amanda Valéria Damasceno Dos Santos; Maria Nilza Lima Medeiros; José Odval Alcântara Júnior; Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos; Alcione Miranda Dos Santos; Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva Journal: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Date: 2018-10-25 Impact factor: 1.846