Perfil sociodemográfico de sífilis em gestantes na região metropolitana de Goiânia de 2009 à 2018

Abstract

The aim of the study was to verify the association between the sociodemographic profile and the number of reported cases of syphilis in pregnant women in the metropolitan region of Goiânia from 2009 to 2018. Secondary data from the public domain were collected from the Mortality Information System (SIM/SVS/MS,) available DATASUS TABNET. The rates (/100,000 inhabitants) were calculated from population estimates by municipality, education, age, race/color and years of Goiânia and metropolitan region. This is a cross-sectional quantitative descriptive study on the socio-demographic profile of syphilis in pregnant women in the metropolitan region of Goiânia from 2009 to 2018. The descriptive analysis of the data was performed using Microsoft Excel©️ 2016 software. A growing prevalence in the number of cases in pregnant women in the metropolitan region of Goiânia, with an average of 359.40 and a total of cases in this period of time of 3,594 reported cases. Each year there was a significant increase, ranging from 50 cases in 2009 to 742 (20.5%) cases in 2018 results infers inferring preventive measures of public health policies.