Proportional mortality ratio due to chagas disease is five times higher for the state of Goias than the rest of Brazil
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2017-03
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Ruy de Souza Lino Junior
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Mortality data due to Chagas disease for the endemic State of Goias, Brazil, was retrieved from
the National System of Information on Mortality, between 2006 and 2011. A total of 29,041
deaths were attributed to Chagas disease in the country, of which 4,293 (14.8%) occurred in the
State of Goias. The proportion of deaths attributable to Chagas disease was 0,4% for the country
overall and 2.4% for State of Goias. Seventy-two percent of the records were from individuals
over 60 years of age, and heart disease was the main cause of death in 80.3%. Chagas disease
is a major cause of death in Goias and, proportionally, 5.3 times higher than for the rest of the
country.
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Chagas disease, Mortality, Death certificate, State of Goias, Brazil
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MORAES, Cicílio Alves; LUQUETTI, Alejandro Ostermayer; MORAES, Patrícia Gonçalves; MORAES, Cristiane Gonçalves de; OLIVEIRA, Dayse Elisabeth Campos; OLIVEIRA, Enio Chaves. Proportional mortality ratio due to chagas disease is five times higher for the state of Goias than the rest of Brazil. Revista de Patologia Tropical, Goiânia, v. 46, n. 1, p. 35-45, jan./mar. 2017. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/46303/23093.