title: Dengue incidence trend in Brazil, 2002-2012.
abstract: to analyze dengue incidence trend in Brazil from 2002 to 2012.
  
  
  
  this was an ecological study with data of the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan); the incidence rate was calculated by age groups, states and macroregions, through Prais-Winsten regression.
  
  
  
  dengue incidence rates in Brazil, in 2002 and 2012, were of 401.6 and 301.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively; annual increment rates were stable (21.4%; 95%CI -19.8;83.7) in most of the states, except for Alagoas (38.9%; 95%CI 5.1;83.5) and Tocantins (50.4%; 95%CI 12.6;100.7); the North Region was the only region to present increase trend in the incidence of dengue.
  
  
  
  although rates have remained stable in most of the states, they are still high in Brazil; broader public policies focusing on new dengue control strategies are necessary.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Pelotas-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Andrea Wendt
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Pelotas-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Caroline Dos Santos
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Pelotas-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rosália Garcia
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Pelotas-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Thaynã Ramos
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Epidemiologia, Pelotas-RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Bruno Pereira
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Nunes
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007256:Information Systems; D011640:Public Policy