@article{ref1,
title="Snakebite in Tocantins: ecological analysis of determinants and risk areas, 2007- 2015",
journal="Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil",
year="2020",
author="Feitosa, Shirley Barbosa and Mise, Yukari Figueroa and Mota, Eduardo Luiz Andrade",
volume="29",
number="4",
pages="e2020033-e2020033",
abstract="OBJECTIVE To investigate the epidemiological profile of snakebite accident cases, their determinants and risk areas in the state of Tocantins. <br><br>METHODS This was an ecological study using data from the Notifiable Health Conditions Information System, from 2007 to 2015. Multiple linear regression and the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used. <br><br>RESULTS A total of 7,764 snakebite accidents were reported (incidence: 62.1/100,000 inhab.; lethality: 0.5%). The variables associated with snakebite were population density (Coeff.=1.36, 95%CI 0.72;1.99), farming work (Coeff.=0.02, 95%CI 0.01;0.03), municipal human development index (Coeff.=2.99 - 95%CI 0.60;5.38), area planted with cassava (Coeff.=8.49 - 95%CI 1.66;15.32), indigenous population (Coeff.=0,02 - 95%CI 0.00; 0.04), proportion of illiterate people (Coeff.=4.70 - 95%CI 0.61;8.79) and employed people (Coeff.=3.00 - 95%CI 0.93;5,06), which together accounted for 64.48% of the variation. The high-risk areas were Amor Perfect, Cantão, Cerrado Tocantins Araguaia and Mid-North Araguaia health regions. <br><br>CONCLUSION Municipal socioeconomic and demographic aspects were associated with snakebites.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1679-4974",
doi="10.5123/s1679-49742020000400016",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742020000400016"
}