Author | Tindó, H. | |
Author | Cavalcante, C. S. | |
Author | Barroso, E. W. | |
Access date | 2019-05-07T02:29:38Z | |
Available date | 2019-05-07T02:29:38Z | |
Document date | 2004 | |
Citation | TINDÓ, H.; CAVALCANTE, S. Cesar; WERNECK-BARROSO, E. Gender differences in tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, v. 8, n. 3, p. 388-390, 2004. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1027-3719 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/32964 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Gender differences in tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
Abstract | As the leading infectious killer of youths and adults, tuberculosis (TB) kills more women than all other causes of maternal mortality combined. The aim of this study is to investigate gender differences in the reported cases in Rio de Janeiro from January 1995 to December 1999. There were 18 428 females and 36 830 males, with a female:male ratio of 0.5; 30.8% (5676) of the female cases reported had had previous close contact with a tuberculosis case compared to 23.1% (8510) of the males. Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis occurred in 3966 (21.5%) and 6521 (17.7%) women and men, respectively. Genitourinary tuberculosis had the highest emale:male ratio. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Hospital Central da Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Secretaria Municipal de Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Doenças do Tórax. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Gender | pt_BR |
Subject | Women | pt_BR |
Subject | Genitourinary | pt_BR |
Subject | Tuberculosis | pt_BR |
Subject | Brazil | pt_BR |
e-ISSN | 1815-7920 | |
Embargo date | 2019-11-06 | |