Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of scorpionism cases registered in SINAN, Brazil, 2000-2012
| Demographic data | Cases | Deaths | Lethality rate (%) | RR (IC 95%) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n =482,616 | % | n =728 | % | ||||
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 244,593 | 50.7 | 410 | 56.3 | 0.17 | 1.26 (1.09-1.45) | p <0.05 |
| Female | 237,801 | 49.3 | 317 | 43.5 | 0.13 | 1 | – |
| Ignored/Omitted | 222 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | – | – | – |
| Race/Color | |||||||
| White | 117,306 | 24.3 | 146 | 20.1 | 0.12 | 1 | – |
| Blacka | 215,938 | 44.7 | 368 | 50.5 | 0.17 | 1.37 (1.13-1.66) | p <0.05 |
| Yellow | 3,988 | 0.8 | 9 | 1.2 | 0.23 | 1.81 (0.92-3.55) | p >0.05 |
| Indigenous | 1,603 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.31 | 2.51 (1.03-6.10) | p >0.05 |
| Ignored/Omitted | 143,781 | 29.8 | 200 | 27.5 | 0.14 | – | – |
| Education b | |||||||
| None | 17,810 | 3.7 | 16 | 2.2 | 0.09 | 1.39 (0.78-2.45) | p >0.05 |
| 1-3 years | 53,716 | 11.1 | 82 | 11.3 | 0.15 | 2.36 (1.64-3.39) | p <0.05 |
| 4-7 years | 86,127 | 17.8 | 83 | 11.4 | 0.10 | 1.49 (1.04-2.14) | p <0.05 |
| 8 or more | 69,524 | 14.4 | 45 | 6.2 | 0.06 | 1 | – |
| Not applicablec | 48,603 | 10.1 | 314 | 43.1 | 0.65 | 9.98 (7.30-13.64) | p <0.05 |
| Ignored/Omitted | 206,836 | 42.9 | 188 | 25.8 | 0.09 | – | – |
| Age d | |||||||
| < 1-4 | 33,038 | 6.8 | 234 | 32.1 | 0.71 | 10.09 (8.46-12.02) | p <0.05 |
| 5-9 | 35,812 | 7.4 | 159 | 21.8 | 0.44 | 6.32 (5.19-7.70) | p <0.05 |
| 10-11 | 39,123 | 8.1 | 72 | 9.9 | 0.18 | 2.62 (2.02-3.40) | p <0.05 |
| 15 and + e | 374,544 | 77.6 | 263 | 36.1 | 0.07 | 1 | – |
| 15-19 | 42,598 | 8.8 | 38 | 5.2 | 0.09 | – | – |
| 20-49 | 227,028 | 47.0 | 153 | 21.0 | 0.07 | – | – |
| 50-64 | 67,785 | 14.0 | 45 | 6.2 | 0.07 | – | – |
| 65-79 | 31,242 | 6.5 | 21 | 2.9 | 0.07 | – | – |
| 80 and + | 5,891 | 1.2 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.10 | – | – |
| Ignored/Omitted | 99 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | – | – |
| Accident zone | |||||||
| Urban Area | 297,595 | 61.7 | 281 | 38.6 | 0.09 | 1 | – |
| Rural Area | 151,579 | 31.4 | 419 | 57.4 | 0.28 | 2.92 (2.51-3.40) | p <0.05 |
| Ignored/Omitted | 33,442 | 6.9 | 28 | 3.8 | 0.08 | – | – |
aRace/color black = summation of skin colors black and brown [19]. bEducation in complete years of study. cVariable is automatically filled when the notified case is less than seven years old. dAge in years. eAge “15 and +” = summation of ages 15–19, 20–49, 50–64, 65–79, 80 and + .
Data Source: SINAN/SVS/MS.