Objective: To analyze the spatial dynamics of income inequality and its relationship with population aging in Brazil. Method: A population-based ecological study using spatial analysis techniques and data from the last two Brazilian Demographic Census. Spatial modeling presented the Global Moran Index (I) and Local Spatial Association Index (LISA) through spatial autocorrelation, and the correlation between inc...
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global public health emergency with lethality ranging from 1% to 5%. This study aimed to identify active high-risk transmission clusters of COVID-19 in Sergipe. Methods: We performed a prospective space-time analysis using confirmed cases of COVID-19 during the first 7 weeks of the outbreak in Sergipe. Results: The prospective space-time statistic d...
Justificativa e Objetivos: a avaliação da gravidade dos pacientes admitidos e a suposição de prognósticos são características essenciais na medicina intensiva. O objetivo deste artigo é descrever o perfil epidemiológico e avaliar a mortalidade dos pacientes de uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) segundo o cálculo do índice prognóstico Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) 3 por meio da sua equação global ...
Background and Objectives: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that has a disabling potential and maintains high incidence rates even with effective and free treatment. Thus, this study aims to analyze the epidemiological and operational data of leprosy in the city of Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, in order to diagnose the endemic disease trend and guide the improvement of public policies aimed at its eliminatio...
Background and Objectives: Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is an endemic antropozoonosis in tropical areas that has been showing expansion and global increase in lethality. This work aims to characterize clinical and epidemiological aspects of VL, identifying factors associated with death. Methods: This is an observational epidemiological study, using data from the state database of LV cases residing in the state o...