2017-03-202017-03-201989-06QUARESMA, Maria Edna Pereira; RODARTE, Aminadab Rodrigues; FERREIRA, Maria da Glória; SILVA, Maria Tereza de Paula. "Estudo epidemiológico da hanseníase, com base na casuística da rede pública em Goiânia – Goiás”. Revista de Patologia Tropical, Goiânia, v. 18, n.1, p. 81-97, jan./jun. 1989. Disponível em: < https://www.revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/20215/11769>.0301-0406http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/11555The epídemiologic data conceming the papers of 2.010 (30,16%) patients with hansen's disease treating ín the Public Health Service in Goiânia were analyzed retrospectively. The papers were chosen in an aleatory manner and descriptively analyzed, with indication of frequency and percentual calculi. Considering the high endemicity of Hansen's disease in Brazil, with a total of notified cases corresponding to 80% of Latin American cases (MOTTA, 1983), in Goiás its endemicity (3.0/1000) is higher than the Brazilian average (1.7/1000), and in Goiânia, Capital of The State, it was registered an annual detection coefficient of cases twofold higher than the registered in the whole state (67.87/100.0OO), with a high prevalence (6.9/1000), which is, therefore, an importam problem to the Public Health. From the data collected, we would like to point out some aspects: a) There is a predominance of the polarized clinicai forms, existing a defíciency in the search for patients via examination of the contacts; b) The great majority of the patients are within the productive age group, married and with predominancy of masculme sex; c) The high number of negative results in bacteriologic examination, demonstrates the prolonged time of treatment to which the patient is submitted; d) More contacts registrations belong to the bacillary group; e) It was observed that 30 cases (1.49%) are from other States, 651 (32,39%) from the interior of Goiás and 1,329 (66,12%) from the Capital, Goiânia (being 78,25% of these 1,329 patients inhabitants of the periphery of the city). The authors suggest an improvement of the Public Health Services, emphasizing the necessity of an adequate education to the patients, such as to the staff.porAcesso AbertoHanseníaseAspectos epidemiológicosSaúde públicaArtigo