Asthma mortality in children and adolescents of Brazil over a 20-year period.

Autor:	Pitchon RR; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (FCMMG), Pediatria, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Electronic address: reispitchon@gmail.com., Alvim CG; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Pediatria, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Andrade CR; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Pediatria, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Lasmar LMLBF; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Pediatria, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Cruz ÁA; Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, BA, Brazil., Reis APD; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Hospital das Clínicas, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Jornal de pediatria [J Pediatr (Rio J)] 2020 Jul - Aug; Vol. 96 (4), pp. 432-438. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 19.
DOI:	10.1016/j.jped.2019.02.006
Abstrakt:	Objective: To evaluate the number of asthma deaths and the temporal trend of the asthma-specific mortality rate in children and adolescents up to 19 years of age in Brazil. Methods: This is an ecological time-series study of asthma deaths reported in Brazil, in the population up to 19 years of age, between 1996 and 2015. The specific asthma mortality rate and its temporal trend were analyzed. Results: There were 5014 deaths during the 20 years evaluated, with the majority, 68.1%, being recorded in children under 5 years of age. The specific asthma mortality rate ranged from 0.57/100,000 in 1997 to 0.21/100,000 in 2014, with a significant reduction of 59.8%. Regarding the place of death, 79.4% occurred in a hospital setting. In this sample, the adolescents had a 1.5-fold higher chance of death out-of-hospital than children up to nine years of age. There was no significant difference in the temporal trend between the genders and no significant decrease in out-of-hospital deaths. Conclusions: This study found a temporal trend for a reduction in asthma deaths over 20 years in children and adolescents in Brazil. Mortality rates varied across the geographic regions of the country and were higher in the Northeast. The prevalence of deaths under 5 years of age may be associated with the greater vulnerability of this age group in low-income countries. In adolescence, deaths outside the hospital environment are noteworthy. Asthma deaths are rare but unacceptable events, considering the treatable nature of the disease and the presence of avoidable factors in most of fatal outcomes. (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda.)
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