Abstract
Purpose: Describes the profile of morbidity due to heart failure in the city of Montes Claros, in 2010 to 2014, through the DATASUS data. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive epidemiological nature study, whose data were obtained by querying the system databases TABNET, provided by the Department of Informatics of the unified health system (DATASUS), with access in 01, 02 and 03 October 2014. The population of the study consisted of all cases of heart failure than people hospitalized in the city of Montes Claros-MG, from January 2010 to August 2014. The data were collected by means of tables, and then was using the Excel program (2010 version) for making graphics and data consolidation. Results and Discussion: the results obtained from the study data, note that most admissions occurred in patients in the year 2011, 1,911 (26%), represented by the female 3,792 (51%), with the predominant age group in the elderly between 60 to 69 years, 1,751 (23%) without information on race, 3,559 (47%) according to the scheme by the private system prevailed 7,212 service (96%); and by service character as urgency 7,454 (99%). Final Thoughts: the data submitted demonstrate the relevance of heart failure as a public health problem in the municipality of Montes Claros, in light of the impact generated by the large number of hospitalizations in the age group of over 60 years. The study noted that there was no significant difference in the number of hospitalizations by sex, realizing that the heart failure is a disease present in both sexes.