OBJECTIVE: to compare the temporal evolution and spatial distribution of epidemiological indicators of leprosy, both crude and also corrected using the empirical Bayesian model, Bahia, Brazil, 2001-2012.
METHODS: this was an ecological study using data from the Notifiable Diseases Information System; all 417 municipalities in Bahia were included and the following indicators per 100,000 inhabitants were analyzed - detection rate of new cases in the general population, in those <15 years old, and in those with grade 2 physical disability -; the local empirical Bayesian model was used to smoothen the indicators, and Student's t-test was used to compare means.
RESULTS: indicators estimated by the model were higher than crude indicators; estimated detection rates in the general population and in those <15 years old were higher than crude rates in 253 (60.7%) and 209 (50.1%) municipalities, respectively; areas of greatest risk were concentrated in the northwestern and southern regions of the state.
CONCLUSION: spatial distribution of the disease was heterogeneous and there was possible underreporting of cases.
BT - Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30517350?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.5123/S1679-49742018000400013 IS - 4 J2 - Epidemiol Serv Saude LA - eng N2 -OBJECTIVE: to compare the temporal evolution and spatial distribution of epidemiological indicators of leprosy, both crude and also corrected using the empirical Bayesian model, Bahia, Brazil, 2001-2012.
METHODS: this was an ecological study using data from the Notifiable Diseases Information System; all 417 municipalities in Bahia were included and the following indicators per 100,000 inhabitants were analyzed - detection rate of new cases in the general population, in those <15 years old, and in those with grade 2 physical disability -; the local empirical Bayesian model was used to smoothen the indicators, and Student's t-test was used to compare means.
RESULTS: indicators estimated by the model were higher than crude indicators; estimated detection rates in the general population and in those <15 years old were higher than crude rates in 253 (60.7%) and 209 (50.1%) municipalities, respectively; areas of greatest risk were concentrated in the northwestern and southern regions of the state.
CONCLUSION: spatial distribution of the disease was heterogeneous and there was possible underreporting of cases.
PY - 2018 EP - e2017479 T2 - Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil TI - Spatial study of leprosy in Bahia, Brazil, 2001-2012: an approach based on the local empirical Bayesian model. UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ress/v27n4/en_2237-9622-ress-27-04-e2017479.pdf VL - 27 SN - 2237-9622 ER -