Simone de Melo Costa1, Cássio de Almeida Lima2, André Luiz Cândido Sarmento Drumond Nobre3, Davi de Melo Alvarenga Vieira4, André Luiz Ramos Leal2. 1. Doctor, Department of Dentistry, State University of Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brasil. 2. Master, Postgraduate Program of Healthcare, Society and Environment, Federal University of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri, Diamantina, MG, Brasil. 3. Master, State Specialized Care Centre, Brasília de Minas, MG, Brasil. 4. Academic, Medicine Graduation Course, Valença Higher Education Centre, Valença, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To correlate the number of hypertensive patients with high and very high risk for cardiovascular diseases with socioeconomic and health indicators. METHODS: An ecological study carried out from the National Registry of Hypertension and Diabetes (SisHiperDia). The variable "hypertensive patients with high and very high risk" was correlated with the Human Development Index, health care costs and services, average household income per capita, per capita municipal income, number of hospital admissions in SUS, number of medical consultations in the SUS and specific mortality due to diseases of the circulatory system, considering the 27 federative units of Brazil. The data was processed in software IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Statistics, version 22.00. The statistical analysis considered the level of significance p<0.05. RESULTS: Brazilian states with more hypertensive registries in high/very high risk spend more on public health, fewer people reach the elderly age group and more deaths from diseases of the circulatory system (p<0.05). The very high risk stratum correlated with more physicians per population (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Systemic arterial hypertension has a direct impact on life expectancy and also on the economic context, since when it evolves to high and very high risk for cardiovascular diseases, it generates more expenses in health and demand more professionals, burdening the public health system. Monitoring is necessary in order to consolidate public policies to promote the health of hypertensive individuals.
OBJECTIVE: To correlate the number of hypertensivepatients with high and very high risk for cardiovascular diseases with socioeconomic and health indicators. METHODS: An ecological study carried out from the National Registry of Hypertension and Diabetes (SisHiperDia). The variable "hypertensivepatients with high and very high risk" was correlated with the Human Development Index, health care costs and services, average household income per capita, per capita municipal income, number of hospital admissions in SUS, number of medical consultations in the SUS and specific mortality due to diseases of the circulatory system, considering the 27 federative units of Brazil. The data was processed in software IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Statistics, version 22.00. The statistical analysis considered the level of significance p<0.05. RESULTS: Brazilian states with more hypertensive registries in high/very high risk spend more on public health, fewer people reach the elderly age group and more deaths from diseases of the circulatory system (p<0.05). The very high risk stratum correlated with more physicians per population (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Systemic arterial hypertension has a direct impact on life expectancy and also on the economic context, since when it evolves to high and very high risk for cardiovascular diseases, it generates more expenses in health and demand more professionals, burdening the public health system. Monitoring is necessary in order to consolidate public policies to promote the health of hypertensive individuals.