Mortality from neglected tropical diseases in the state of Piauí, Northeast Brazil: temporal trend and spatial patterns, 2001-2018.

Sheila Paloma de Sousa Brito Anderson Fuentes Ferreira Mauricélia da Silveira Lima Alberto Novaes Ramos Junior

Published in: Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil (2022)

Mortality due to NTDs in Piauí 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.

Keyphrases

climate change
cardiovascular events
risk factors
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease