2022 EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SERVICOS DE SAUDE 2022 31(卷), 1(期), (null页)
Objective: To analyze temporal trends and spatial patterns of mortality due to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Piaui, Brazil 2001-2018. Methods: This was a mixed ecological study, with risk ratio (PR) calculation, spatiotemporal trend analysis, Poisson join point regression, using data from the Mortality Information System. Results: There were 2,609 deaths due to NTDs in the period (460/700,000 inhabitants), 55.2% were due to Chagas' disease. There was a higher risk of death in male (RR=7.76; 95%CI 7.25;2.46), being aged >= 60 years (RR=40.71; 95%CI 10.01;16553), municipalities with medium vulnerability social (RR=1.76; 95%CI 1.09;2.84), smaller population size (RR=1.99; 95%CI 7.28;3.10) and the Cerrados macro-region (RR=4.57; 95%CI 257;8.77). There was an upward trend in mortality rates from 2001-2008 and a falling trend from 2009-2078. Conclusion: Mortality due to NTDs in Piaui remains high, particularly due to Chagas' disease, among groups with greater vulnerability, with concentration of higher rates in the southwest of the Semiarid macro-region and the northeast and south of the Cerrados macro-region.