Table 1. Epidemiological characteristics of hospitalizations for diarrhea in under 5-year-old children in the state of Tocantins, 2008–2013.
| Variables | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | n | % | Rate | n | % | Rate | n | % | Rate | n | % | Rate | n | % | Rate | n | % | Rate | n | % | AAR |
| Total | 349 | 12 | 2.84 | 345 | 11 | 2.81 | 566 | 19 | 4.61 | 499 | 16 | 4.07 | 597 | 20 | 4.87 | 659 | 22 | 5.37 | 3015 | - | 4.10 |
| Male | 187 | 54 | 3.01 | 179 | 52 | 2.88 | 310 | 55 | 4.99 | 282 | 57 | 4.54 | 324 | 54 | 5.22 | 365 | 55 | 5.88 | 1647 | 55 | 4.42 |
| Female | 162 | 46 | 2.67 | 166 | 48 | 2.74 | 256 | 45 | 4.23 | 217 | 43 | 3.58 | 273 | 46 | 4.51 | 294 | 45 | 4.85 | 1368 | 45 | 3.76 |
| Color of the skin/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ign/white * | 268 | - | - | 263 | - | - | 179 | - | - | 163 | - | - | 102 | - | - | 130 | - | - | 1105 | - | - |
| White | 12 | 15 | 0.34 | 6 | 7 | 0.17 | 52 | 13 | 1.49 | 55 | 16 | 1.58 | 85 | 17 | 2.44 | 96 | 18 | 2.76 | 306 | 16 | 1.46 |
| Black | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.16 | 5 | 1 | 0.78 | 4 | 1 | 0.62 | 6 | 1 | 0.93 | 7 | 1 | 1.09 | 23 | 1 | 0.71 |
| Brown | 62 | 76 | 33.05 | 72 | 88 | 38.38 | 301 | 78 | 160.45 | 241 | 72 | 128.46 | 386 | 78 | 205.76 | 379 | 72 | 202.03 | 1441 | 75 | 128.02 |
| Yellow | 4 | 5 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 1 | 0.03 | 3 | 1 | 0.04 | 3 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 0.01 | 14 | 1 | 0.03 |
| Indigenous | 3 | 4 | 1.38 | 2 | 3 | 0.92 | 27 | 7 | 12.40 | 33 | 10 | 15.15 | 15 | 3 | 6.89 | 46 | 9 | 21.12 | 126 | 7 | 9.64 |
| Age group | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year | 146 | 42 | 6.16 | 147 | 43 | 6.20 | 187 | 33 | 7.88 | 199 | 40 | 8.39 | 229 | 38 | 9.66 | 195 | 30 | 8.22 | 1103 | 37 | 7.75 |
| 1 to 4 full years | 203 | 58 | 2.05 | 198 | 57 | 2.00 | 379 | 67 | 3.83 | 300 | 60 | 3.03 | 368 | 62 | 3.72 | 464 | 70 | 4.69 | 1912 | 63 | 3.22 |
| Deaths | 0 | - | 0.00 | 3 | - | 0.02 | 2 | - | 0.02 | 3 | - | 0.02 | 1 | - | 0.01 | 3 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |||
| Municipalities | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alvorada | 1 | 1 | 1.59 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 | 3 | 1 | 4.76 | 26 | 9 | 41.27 | 10 | 4 | 15.87 | 41 | 2 | 13.02 |
| Araguaçu | 13 | 6 | 21.89 | 3 | 1 | 5.05 | 9 | 3 | 15.15 | 5 | 2 | 8.42 | 9 | 3 | 15.15 | 5 | 2 | 8.42 | 44 | 3 | 12.35 |
| Araguaína | 159 | 70 | 12.25 | 134 | 69 | 10.32 | 214 | 63 | 16.48 | 155 | 60 | 11.94 | 203 | 69 | 15.64 | 201 | 70 | 15.48 | 1065 | 67 | 13.69 |
| Arapoema | 2 | 1 | 3.54 | 2 | 1 | 3.54 | 1 | 0 | 1.77 | 15 | 6 | 26.55 | 4 | 1 | 7.08 | 10 | 3 | 17.70 | 34 | 2 | 10.03 |
| Carmolândia | 3 | 1 | 14.22 | 1 | 0 | 4.74 | 1 | 0 | 4.74 | 6 | 2 | 28.44 | 1 | 0 | 4.74 | 2 | 1 | 9.48 | 14 | 1 | 11.06 |
| Colmeia | 1 | 0.5 | 1.50 | 19 | 10 | 28.57 | 26 | 8 | 39.10 | 10 | 4 | 15.04 | 7 | 3 | 10.53 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 | 64 | 4 | 16.04 |
| Lagoa da Conf.** | 5 | 2 | 4.50 | 9 | 5 | 8.10 | 38 | 11 | 34.20 | 33 | 13 | 29.70 | 25 | 9 | 22.50 | 42 | 15 | 37.80 | 152 | 9 | 22.80 |
| Lajeado | 1 | 0.5 | 3.79 | 3 | 1 | 11.36 | 3 | 1 | 11.36 | 6 | 2 | 22.73 | 6 | 2 | 22.73 | 6 | 2 | 22.73 | 25 | 2 | 15.78 |
| Nazaré | 31 | 14 | 80.94 | 21 | 11 | 54.83 | 46 | 13 | 120.10 | 27 | 10 | 70.50 | 12 | 4 | 31.33 | 10 | 3 | 26.11 | 147 | 9 | 63.97 |
| Sta Terezinha *** | 9 | 4 | 43.90 | 3 | 2 | 14.63 | 2 | 1 | 9.76 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 1 | 22.76 |
| Other counties | 224 | - | 2.13 | 150 | - | 1.43 | 225 | - | 2.14 | 239 | - | 2.27 | 304 | - | 2.89 | 372 | - | 3.54 | 1415 | - | 2.40 |
| Microregions | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bico Papagaio | 67 | 19 | 3.45 | 45 | 13 | 2.32 | 67 | 12 | 3.45 | 45 | 9 | 2.32 | 35 | 6 | 1.80 | 30 | 5 | 1.55 | 289 | 10 | 2.48 |
| Araguaína | 196 | 56 | 8.03 | 183 | 53 | 7.50 | 274 | 48 | 11.23 | 182 | 36 | 7.46 | 251 | 42 | 10.29 | 287 | 43 | 11.76 | 1373 | 45 | 9.38 |
| Miracema | 6 | 2 | 0.51 | 25 | 7 | 2.14 | 29 | 5 | 2.49 | 19 | 4 | 1.63 | 30 | 5 | 2.57 | 18 | 3 | 1.54 | 127 | 4 | 1.81 |
| Rio Formoso | 21 | 6 | 2.18 | 13 | 4 | 1.35 | 68 | 12 | 7.06 | 49 | 10 | 5.09 | 50 | 8 | 5.19 | 65 | 10 | 6.75 | 266 | 9 | 4.60 |
| Gurupi | 6 | 2 | 0.57 | 4 | 1 | 0.38 | 9 | 2 | 0.85 | 16 | 3 | 1.51 | 46 | 8 | 4.34 | 38 | 6 | 3.59 | 119 | 4 | 1.87 |
| Porto Nacional | 21 | 6 | 0.72 | 59 | 17 | 2.03 | 81 | 14 | 2.79 | 138 | 28 | 4.76 | 151 | 25 | 5.20 | 181 | 27 | 6.24 | 631 | 21 | 3.62 |
| Jalapão | 29 | 8 | 3.90 | 13 | 4 | 1.75 | 23 | 4 | 3.09 | 35 | 7 | 4.71 | 25 | 4 | 3.36 | 23 | 3 | 3.09 | 148 | 5 | 3.32 |
| Dianópolis | 3 | 1 | 0.28 | 3 | 1 | 0.28 | 15 | 3 | 1.42 | 15 | 3 | 1.42 | 9 | 2 | 0.85 | 17 | 3 | 1.61 | 62 | 2 | 0.98 |
Rate: number of cases/population x 1000; AAR: average annual rate
*: ignored
**: Confusion
***: Santa Terezinha do Tocantins; %: horizontal = total and vertical between groups