Abstract
Objective: Analyze the epidemiological profile of dengue fever in a state of the brazilian northeast in the period from 2011 to 2015. Method: This is an observational and analytical study with a quantitative approach. Results: In the period from 2011 to 2015, 111,773 cases of Dengue in the state of Alagoas were reported, resulting in 686.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. In this period, the highest detection coefficients occurred in the years of 2012 and 2015 in all mesoregions of Alagoas, with an increase in the average detection coefficient of the period. It was evidenced a greater occurrence of the cases in the female sex, brown, residents of the urban zone, adult age group and with schooling until elementary school. Conclusion: Dengue continues as an important aggravation in view of the high incidence, with epidemic periods, with evolution to death, and thus with great repercussions on the public health of the State and the country.