Epidemiological profile of meningitis in the state of Pará, from 2010 to 2020

Abstract

Objective: To trace the epidemiological profile of meningitis in the state of Pará from 2010 to 2020. Methods: This is an epidemiological, retrospective, longitudinal, exploratory and analytical study, in addition to being quantitative, with data collection from the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) between the years 2015-2020. Results: In the state of Pará, from 2010 to 2020, 4426 cases of meningitis were confirmed. The highest absolute number of cases per year was in 2018 with 515 (11.63%). Males were the most affected with 2483 records (57.41%). The brown race leads with 3393 cases (76.66%). According to age group, the highest prevalence occurred between 20 and 39 years old, with 1470 (33.21%). Regarding the distribution of cases in the state of Pará by health regions, Metropolitan Region I was the one with the highest incidence of cases with 3579 records, corresponding to 82.38% of the total. Conclusion: It is inferred that bacterial meningitis in Pará showed an increase in the number of reported cases between the years 2010-2020. The epidemiological profile of these patients showed greater involvement of males, mixed race and higher incidence in the metropolitan region I.