Transition of the morbidity and mortality profile in a municipality in the interior of the Brazilian Amazon

Vieira, Gabriel de Deus; Basano, Sérgio de Almeida; Camargo, Luís Marcelo Aranha

doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0075-2016

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“…Even considering the vastness of the Amazon basin, fishing for Piracatinga in places where there is the presence of dead animals or humans becomes relatively easy. The Piracatinga are extremely voracious fish; they feed on shoals and have territorial habits, so that they are known as “water vultures” . In the cases presented here, collecting the specimens of Piracatinga required, on average, about 2 h per day.…”

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“…Fatal drowning is the world's largest cause of death among young people ages 5–14 years—with Brazil having the third highest number of such cases in the world . In the Amazon region, deaths from external causes are the main cause of death in some cities . The region has the highest incidence of accidental drowning in Brazil, not counting shipwrecks, where many people die .…”

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Forensic Use of the Piracatinga Fish (Callophysius macropterus) to Locate and Identify Human Remains Retrieved From the Amazon River

Simões

2017

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Piracatinga (Callophysius macropterus) are a type of bottom feeder catfish encountered in the Amazon River and its tributaries. We report two cases in which human remains were first located based on a characteristic circular distortion of the surface of the river that the Piracatinga make while they feed. Human skin samples of one of the victims recovered from the Piracatinga digestive tract were subjected to mitochondrial DNA analysis that allowed identification of the body of Case 1; the family recognized body parts of Case 2. Importantly, the location of human body parts and their identification based on DNA analysis enabled the respective families to obtain a death certificate expeditiously in the absence of identifiable remains-a process that normally requires 5 years under current Brazilian law, and in the absence of closure, imposes severe emotional stress on the family of the deceased.

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Forensic Use of the Piracatinga Fish (Callophysius macropterus) to Locate and Identify Human Remains Retrieved From the Amazon River

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2017

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“…Estudos anteriores descrevem o perfil da população de Monte Negro como sendo de baixa escolaridade, baixa renda, mista e com perfil misto de morbimortalidade onde prevalecem doenças infecciosas, DCNT e violência 16,17 .…”

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“…Os idosos apresentam alta prevalência de DCNT e o coeficiente de mortalidade proporcional para DCNT ultrapassa 50% 17 . Esse achado, em particular, a elevada prevalência de HAS, levou ao questionamento do porquê a proporção de DCNT na população idosa é tão alta.…”

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Prevalence of obesity, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia and their associated factors in children and adolescents in a municipality in the Brazilian Amazon region

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The prevalence of CND are rocketting over the world, including in young adults. The WHO estimates that more than half of the deaths in the world are caused by CND. The authors carried out a cross-sectional study of 1,431 school children in the Brazilian Western Amazon, with children and young people aged 6 to 16 years. A random sampling of 496 individuals was carried out. The OpenEpi platform was used to calculate the sample size, considering p<0.05 and a presumed prevalence of CND of 50%. The authors applyied a clinical-epidemiological questionnaire, made anthropometric measurements and laboratory tests. The authors used the diagnostic parameters recommended by the most recent guidelines of the Ministry of Health in Brazil The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of obesity, high blood pressure (HBP) and dyslipidemia and its risk factors. Prevalence of CND was: Obesity 11.8%, HBP of 6.7% and Dyslipidemia of 25.4%. After multivariate log-binomial analysis of the dependent variables, the statistically significant risk factors were: overweight 18.4%, sedentarism 32.2%, familial history of cardiovascular disease 23.4%, familial history of HBP 84.2%, familila dyslipidemia 55.8%, familial obesity 38.7% and familial chronic renal disease 40.6%. The findings point to a picture with a relatively high prevalence of CNDs, as well as their risk factors. Intervention measures such as health education, food education, stimulation of physical exercise, and better school feeding are needed to mitigate the occurence of CND. It also points for the weakness of the local public health system, wehre specific health programmes already exist.

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Transition of the morbidity and mortality profile in a municipality in the interior of the Brazilian Amazon

Cited by 2 publications

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Forensic Use of the Piracatinga Fish (Callophysius macropterus) to Locate and Identify Human Remains Retrieved From the Amazon River

Forensic Use of the Piracatinga Fish (Callophysius macropterus) to Locate and Identify Human Remains Retrieved From the Amazon River

Prevalence of obesity, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia and their associated factors in children and adolescents in a municipality in the Brazilian Amazon region

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