USO DA EPIDEMIOLOGIA ESPACIAL PARA DETECÇÃO DE AGLOMERADOS ESPACIAIS DE ÓBITOS INFANTIS

Abstract

Infant mortality has declined steadily, albeitdifferently according to the level of socioeconomic development and health services in each locality. In Brazil, a pact for the reduction of regional inequalities priority actions to reduce in 21 cities of Paraíba, including João Pessoa. The study aimed to detect spatial clusters of infant deaths in the city of João Pessoa, PB2006 to 2010, with data from the Mortality Information System. There was the null hypothesis of random occurrence of deathsin the neighborhoods, using the Scanto detect spatial clusters. Its advantage is to assignstatistical significance to the test, reducing the type I error, in addition to the graphical visualization of critical regions. Observed non-random patterns of infant deaths inall years studied. One should not disregard the correlation between health events and geographical space, especiallyin vulnerable groupslike children.

Index Terms - epidemiology, Infant Mortality, mortality information system, spatial analysis