Surveillance and monitoring of major chronic diseases in Brazil - National Health Survey, 2013

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Gomes, Nayara Lopes²  Reis, Ademar Arthur Chioro dos¹  Stopa, Sheila Rizzato¹  Silva Júnior, Jarbas Barbosa¹  Szwarcwald, Celia Landmann³  Malta, Deborah Carvalho¹ 

[1] Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, Brazil;Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil;Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

关键词:  Health surveys;    Chronic disease;    Hypertension;    Diabetes mellitus;    Low back pain;    Epidemiological surveillance;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1980-5497201500060002

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

:Objective: To describe the major noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Brazil, according to the information collected from individuals aged 18 years or older.Methods: Data from the National Health Survey (PNS), 2013, a transversal population-based study, were used. The proportions of each NCD were calculated and presented according to sex, with a 95% confidence interval (95%CI), with the absolute values.Results: Of the total respondents, 45.1% reported presenting at least one NCD. The region with the highest prevalence of NCDs was the South (52.1%). Hypertension showed the highest prevalence among NCDs, with 21.4%, followed by chronic back problem (18.5%), depression (7.6%), arthritis (6.4%), and diabetes (6.2%). The intense/very intense degree of limitation showed a higher prevalence of other mental illnesses (37.6%) and cerebrovascular accident (25.5%).Conclusion: The improvement of health services is essential for an effective response to the double burden of illness in the middle- and low-income countries.

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