Mortality related to tuberculosis-HIV/AIDS co-infection in Brazil, 2000-2011: epidemiological patterns and time trends

Cad Saude Publica. 2016 Nov 3;32(10):e00026715. doi: 10.1590/0102-311X00026715.

Abstract

Co-infection of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV/AIDS is a persistent public health problem in Brazil. This study describes epidemiological patterns and time trends of mortality related to TB-HIV/AIDS co-infection. Based on mortality data from 2000-2011 (almost 12.5 million deaths), 19,815 deaths related to co-infection were analyzed. The average age-adjusted mortality rate was 0.97 deaths/100,000 inhabitants. The highest mortality rates were found among males, those in economically productive age groups, black race/color and residents of the South region. There was a significant reduction in the mortality coefficient at the national level (annual average percent change: -1.7%; 95%CI: -2.4; -1.0), with different patterns among regions: increases in the North, Northeast and Central regions, a reduction in the Southeast and a stabilization in the South. The strategic integration of TB-HIV/AIDS control programmes is fundamental to reduce the burden of mortality related to co-infection in Brazil.

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / mortality*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coinfection / mortality*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sex Distribution
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Tuberculosis / mortality*
  • Young Adult