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Table 1 Indicators of schistosomiasis positivity, hospitalization and mortality in Pernambuco and Brazil, 2010–2014

From: Assessment of a Brazilian public policy intervention to address schistosomiasis in Pernambuco state: the SANAR program, 2011–2014

Indicators

Pernambuco

Brazil

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2014/2010

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2014/2010

Diagnosis and treatment

 Tests performedb

98,561

103,880

94,384

120,171

256,809

2.61

1,382,785

1,267,247

878,751

795,174

814,905

0.59

 Positive result

8186

7623

5336

6509

8713

69,436

59,946

38,685

36,994

33,193

 Positivity (%)

8.31

7.34

5.65

5.42

3.39

0.41

5.02

4.73

4.4

4.65

4.07

0.81

 Treated

6500

6027

4300

5197

7104

61,820

52,238

29,506

28,272

26,042

 Treatment (%)

79.4

79.1

80.6

79.8

81.5

1.03

89.0

87.1

76.3

76.4

78.5

0.88

Hospitalizations

 Hospitalizations due to schistosomiasis

78

62

53

33

41

301

240

218

163

175

 Hospitalization rate (per 100,000 inhab.)

0.89

0.70

0.59

0.36

0.44

0.50

0.16

0.12

0.11

0.08

0.09

0.55

Mortality

 Schistosomiasis deaths (B65)

196

174

158

141

140

514

546

488

468

480

 Total deaths

54,570

57,219

57,132

58,209

57,823

1,136,947

1,170,498

1,181,166

1,210,474

1,227,039

 Proportional schistosomiasis mortality (%)

0.36

0.30

0.28

0.24

0.24

0.67

0.05

0.05

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.87

 Schistosomiasis mortality rate (per 100,000 inhab.)a

2.23

1.96

1.77

1.53

1.51

0.68

0.27

0.28

0.25

0.23

0.24

0.88

  1. aTotal population - Pernambuco, 2010: 8796032, 2011: 8864906, 2012: 8931028, 2013: 9208550, 2014: 9277727; Brazil: 2010: 190747855, 2011: 192379287, 2012: 193946886, 2013: 201032714, 2014: 202768562
  2. bPopulation accessed - Pernambuco, 2010: 137363, 2011: 140503, 2012: 133990, 2013: -, 2014: 358954; Brazil, 2010: 1849983, 2011: 1709702, 2012: 1205789, 2013: 1111304, 2014: 1127632