The historic data series on AIDS in the state of Ceará, Brazil.
This study describes the historic records on AIDS in the Brazilian state of Ceará, with analysis by gender, age group and race. It is a descriptive, retrospective, ecological study, analyzing 7,896 notifications of cases of AIDS, of people aged 13 and above, resident in the Ceará, over the period 2001 through 2011. Percentage occurrences and other data were calculated based on the variables gender, age group and race. Average and comparison tests were made, considering p < 0.05 and the trend line. There is a progressive increase in the number of cases. The majority of cases are in men. The ratio between the sexes falls from 2003 through 2007, but the number of women is still lower overall in the period. Higher rates of occurrence were found between the ages of 30 and 39, and of those with black-white mixed-race skin color (80%). Based on the variables studied in the series that was analyzed, the results indicate a need for differentiated strategies in prevention and control of the disease in the state.
Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil, nati.ufc@gmail.com.
Nathália Lima
NL
Pedrosa
Prefeitura Municipal de Fortaleza.
Simone de Sousa
Sde S
Paiva
Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Ceará.
Rosa Lívia Freitas
RL
de Almeida
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.
Eliane Rolim
ER
de Holanda
Departamento de Saúde Coletiva, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Ceará.
Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo
LR
Kerr
Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil, nati.ufc@gmail.com.
Marli Teresinha Gimeniz
MT
Galvão
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult