ABSTRACT
Aim:
To identify the spatiotemporal pattern of childhood tuberculosis and the sociodemographic factors related to it.
Method:
This is an ecological study, which used the municipalities of the state of Ceará as units of analysis. The Notifiable Diseases Information System was used as a data source from January 2001 to December 2017. It was conducted a descriptive analysis of the characteristics of the cases, the temporal and spatial pattern of the incidence of the disease and regression with sociodemographic indicators.
Results:
An average incidence of 3.48 cases/100 thousand inhabitants was identified, with a reduction of 5.7% during the period 2003-2017 (p<0.001). The following were related to childhood tuberculosis: proportion of the population in households with piped water (β=0.05), proportion of the population in households with density >2 (β=0.09) and number of female heads of household with children under 15 years of age (β=0.0003).
Conclusion:
Indicators of housing conditions and vulnerability were related to childhood tuberculosis.
Keywords:
Tuberculosis; Child; Adolescent; Epidemiology; Spatial analysis