Incidência de Hanseníase no município de Trindade - GO de 2001 a 2010

Abstract

On the American continent, Brazil is the most responsible for the presence of leprosy. They can notify that even the easy access to the outpatient treatment offered by the Unified Health System (SUS), the Brazil situation in new cases of leprosy is worried. The objective of this study is to identify the epidemic incidence of leprosy in Trindade county, State of Goiás, Brazil, from 2001 to 2010. The methodology was based on secondary existents in the System of Notification Diseases, the Brazil Health Ministry. We recorded 774 cases of the disease between 2001 and 2010, been 51.9% male, the age group most affected was 20 to 39 years (35.02%), the prevalent clinical form was borderline (66% ) and the operation class was multibacillary (85%), and eight deaths were reported. The account of death suggests that the situation may be associated with the organization of the municipal health service, the lack of information from people, and the presence of factors that favor the maintenance of the disease related to the position of social exclusion. It is necessary that health administrators know the epidemiological situation in their region, identifying urgent action in accordance with the priorities of its population priorities.