Tuberculosis cases with post-mortem notification in Brazil, 2014: a descriptive study based on surveillance data

• Published in: Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde Vol. 29; no. 5; p. e2020060
• Main Authors: Aridja, Ursila Manga, Gallo, Luciana Guerra, Oliveira, Ana Flávia de Morais, Silva, Andressa Wanneska Martins da, Duarte, Elisabeth Carmen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil 2020
• ISSN: 2237-9622
• DOI: 10.1590/S1679-49742020000500014

To characterize tuberculosis cases notified at post-mortem in Brazil in 2014.
This is a descriptive study of tuberculosis cases notified at post-mortem. Data resulted from linkage of the Notifiable Health Conditions Information System-TB (SINAN-TB) and the Mortality Information System (SIM), and were described according to underlying cause of death: tuberculosis, AIDS and other.
In the 2,703 tuberculosis cases notified at post-mortem, a higher proportion was found of people of the male sex (73.5%), aged over 39 (80.8%), <8 years of schooling (66.5%), of Black and brown race/skin color (62.8%), with the pulmonary clinical form of tuberculosis (75.2%); there was also a higher proportion of cases notified by the public health service (57.6%) and in municipalities with HDI-M >0.7 (66.6%).
The characteristics described of people with post-mortem notification and the magnitude of this outcome suggest weaknesses in tuberculosis care and surveillance services.