Spatial and temporal distribution of syphilis cases in pregnant women in the states and regions of Brazil between 2012 and 2021

amilson Oliveira da Silva, Clarice Maia Carvalho

Abstract

This study aimed to characterize the spatio-temporal distribution of syphilis cases in pregnant women in the states and regions of Brazil between 2012 and 2021. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study of notified cases of syphilis in pregnant women in Brazil between 2012 and 2021. The data was collected from the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information System and analyzed using descriptive statistics with the help of Microsoft Excel 2019 software. 452,826 cases of gestational syphilis were reported. The Southeast region had the highest number of cases (209,525 - 46.27%) and the state was São Paulo (95,913 - 21.18%). The year 2021 recorded the highest notification (25.16 cases/1000 pregnant women). In the same year, the Southeast recorded 29.77 cases/1,000 pregnant women, the highest number among the five regions, and the state with the highest percentage was Rio de Janeiro with 59.64 cases/1,000 pregnant women. There was a progression of cases in the period analyzed, high prevalence in the Southeast and heterogeneous distribution between the states.

Published
2024-12-04