Abstract
Objective: To characterize the mortality profile of infectious endocarditis in the northeast region between 2010 and 2019. Methods: An epidemiological study of the ecological cross-sectional type, with spatial analysis of cases notified in the Notifiable Diseases Information System (Sinan), TabNet Win32 3.0 software. The sample consists of all deaths from acute and subacute IE in the Northeast region in the period between 2010 and 2019, with analysis of gender and age variables, classified according to the International Classification of Diseases in its 10th revision - ICD-10 (I33). Results: 1,335 diagnosed cases were identified, 2019 being the year with the highest number of deaths (n=178) and 2012 the year with the lowest number of deaths (n=120). In the analysis performed, Pearson's correlation was strongly positive for males (r=0.97); brown race (r=0.87); schooling from 8 to 11 years of schooling (r=0.85); age group between 65 and 75 years (r=0.87); married (r=0.82). Conclusion: The results confirm that this disease is a diagnostic challenge, has a high mortality, and is associated with severe complications. Because it is a retrospective study, it is limited to the information available in Sinan.