Perfil epidemiologido da tuberculose no setor prisional no Brasil

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Objective – To analyze the epidemiological profile of tuberculosis in the prison sector in Brazil and to characterize the diagnosed individuals. Methods – This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. Data were collected from the Reporting Disease Information System, from 2008 to 2016. Results – During the study period, 36,506 tuberculosis cases were reported in the Brazilian prison sector, with the highest notification rate in the state of São Paulo ( 8.502), and as a characteristic, mostly male reeducated aged 20 to 39 years, predominant in individuals of brown color, relative to schooling about 33.6% did not report their education and 25.3% reported having the 5th In the incomplete 8th grade of elementary school, the predominant clinical form is pulmonary, and within the observed cases 78.2% (28,550) of the reports are new cases, and 7.5% (2,763) refer to the return due to the abandonment of the primary education. treatment. Tuberculosis is a treatable disease, but nonadherence to treatment makes it difficult to cure, which has caused about four thousand deaths per year in Brazil. Within the prison sector in the time frame which the survey took place, 531 deaths from tuberculosis were reported. Conclusion – It is concluded that the unhealthy environment, added to the lack of public policies for health promotion and prevention, has contributed to the spread of the disease, and knowing the epidemiological profile of the disease within this population is of paramount importance to outline measures to combat the disease.