Abstract
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of hospitalizations for dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever, in Brazil, between 2011 and 2015. Methods: This was a cross-sectional epidemiological study, descriptive, quantitative approach, with data obtained by means of the database managed by DATASUS. Were 304.444 cases of hospitalization due to dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever in the period studied. Results: For the study period, the year of the largest number of cases for both forms of dengue was 2011, there is a greater predominance of females (53.60%), the most affected age is 20 to 39 years (31.3%), the color/race more declared is mixed, with 42.7%. The northeast region showed the highest absolute number for both forms of dengue fever with 128.949 cases. The Southeast region has the highest proportion of cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (4.54%). Already the lowest incidence in cases of both forms of dengue is located in the Southern Region, with only 10,731. The number of deaths for every 1,000 cases during the study period shows the year of 2015 with the highest rate of deaths (5.81%). Conclusions: The study revealed the regional inequalities in public health policies as: vector control, efficiency in the notification and the health care team qualified for the service.