Volume 15, Number 4—April 2009
THEME ISSUE
The Amazon Region
Synopsis
High Incidence of Diseases Endemic to the Amazon Region of Brazil, 2001–2006
Gerson Penna
, Luiz Felipe Pinto, Daniel Soranz, and Ruth Glatt
, Luiz Felipe Pinto, Daniel Soranz, and Ruth Glatt
Table 1
Incidence indicators for 5 reportable diseases, Brazil, 2008*
| Disease | Indicator | Criteria | Method of calculation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaria | Annual parasitic index for malaria | No. positive examination results for malaria/100,000 residents in a given geographic area in the year under consideration (codes B50-B53; ICD-10). | (No. positive test results for malaria/total resident population) × 100,000 |
| Leishmaniasis | Incidence rate for forms of leishmaniasis | No. new and confirmed cases of leishmaniasis (all forms)/100,000 residents in the local population of a given geographic area in the year under consideration (code B55; ICD-10) | (No. new/confirmed cases [all forms] among residents/total resident population) × 100,000 |
| Dengue fever | Incidence rate for dengue fever | No. new dengue fever cases (classic and dengue hemorrhagic forms)/100,000 residents in the local population of a given geographic area in the year under consideration (codes A90-A91; ICD-10) | (No. new/confirmed cases [all forms] among residents/total resident population) × 100,000 |
| Leprosy† | Coefficient of leprosy detection | No. newly diagnosed cases/100,000 residents in the local population of a given geographic area in the year under consideration | (No. new cases among residents/total resident population) × 100,000). |
| Tuberculosis | Incidence rate for tuberculosis | No. new and confirmed cases of tuberculosis (all forms)/100,000 residents in the local population of a given geographic area in the year under consideration (codes A15–A19; ICD-10) | (No. new/confirmed cases [all forms] among residents/total resident population) × 100,000 |
*Source: Pan American Health Organization (11). ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision.
†The technical control program of the Secretariat of Health Surveillance/Ministry of Health began using a multiplication factor of 100,000 population in August 2008 to make its detection rate data for leprosy comparable with the incidence data for other diseases.
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