Table 2.
Cases of diseases reported by information health systems in Brazilian prisons by year, 2007–2014
| Notified diseases | 2007 n (%) | 2008 n (%) | 2009 n (%) | 2010 n (%) | 2011 n (%) | 2012 n (%) | 2013 n (%) | 2014 n (%) |
| Tuberculosis | 1083 (60.71) | 1385 (65.61) | 1679 (71.17) | 1944 (62.21) | 2384 (68.8) | 2275 (69.53) | 2526 (55.29) | 3062 (70.12) |
| Dengue fever | 77 (4.32) | 106 (5.02) | 139 (5.89) | 574 (18.37) | 152 (4.39) | 81 (2.48) | 800 (17.51) | 198 (4.53) |
| AIDS | 270 (15.13) | 297 (14.07) | 207 (8.77) | 223 (7.14) | 305 (8.80) | 226 (6.91) | 343 (7.51) | 326 (7.47) |
| Viral hepatitis | 92 (5.16) | 112 (5.30) | 107 (4.54) | 123 (3.94) | 257 (7.42) | 313 (9.56) | 265 (5.80) | 154 (3.53) |
| Antirabies vaccine | 130 (7.29) | 143 (6.78) | 149 (6.32) | 92 (2.94) | 109 (3.15) | 127 (3.88) | 127 (2.78) | 91 (2.08) |
| Syphilis | 2 (0.11) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 9 (0.29) | 61 (1.76) | 63 (1.93) | 201 (4.40) | 245 (5.61) |
| Leprosy | 27 (1.51) | 30 (1.42) | 33 (1.40) | 73 (2.34) | 44 (1.27) | 32 (0.98) | 101 (2.21) | 82 (1.88) |
| Male urethral discharge | 2 (0.11) | 4 (0.19) | 3 (0.13) | 11 (0.35) | 61 (1.76) | 55 (1.68) | 70 (1.53) | 70 (1.60) |
| Varicella | 26 (1.46) | 7 (0.33) | 18 (0.76) | 33 (1.06) | 20 (0.58) | 26 (0.79) | 20 (0.44) | 11 (0.25) |
| Lesions caused by violence | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (0.08) | 17 (0.54) | 38 (1.09) | 12 (0.37) | 18 (0.39) | 9 (0.21) |
| Leptospirosis | 7 (0.39) | 12 (0.57) | 5 (0.21) | 7 (0.22) | 10 (0.29) | 17 (0.52) | 16 (0.35) | 5 (0.11) |
| Chagas disease | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.03) | 5 (0.14) | 20 (0.61) | 32 (0.70) | 15 (0.34) |
| Syphilis in pregnancy | 1 (0.06) | 2 (0.09) | 2 (0.08) | 6 (019) | 3 (0.09) | 13 (0.40) | 11 (0.24) | 14 (0.32) |
| American cutaneous leishmaniasis | 0 (0.00) | 3 (0.14) | 2 (0.08) | 3 (0.10) | 2 (0.06) | 0 (0.00) | 14 (0.31) | 39 (0.89) |
| Exanthema lesions | 20 (1.12) | 7 (0.33) | 4 (0.17) | 3 (0.10) | 3 (0.09) | 2 (0.06) | 3 (0.06) | 3 (0.07) |
| Meningitis | 7 (0.39) | 2 (0.09) | 5 (0.21) | 2 (0.06) | 2 (0.06) | 1 (0.03) | 7 (0.15) | 23 (0.53) |
| Accident by venomous animals | 24 (1.35) | 1 (0.05) | 1 (0.04) | 2 (0.06) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.03) | 3 (0.06) | 3 (0.07) |
| Schistosomiasis | 15 (0.84) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 5 (0.14) | 1 (0.03) | 4 (0.09) | 4 (0.09) |
| Adverse effects after vaccination | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (0.06) | 4 (0.12) | 2 (0.04) | 9 (0.21) |
| Visceral leishmaniasis | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (0.08) | 1 (0.03) | 2 (0.06) | 2 (0.06) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.00) |
| Pertussis (whooping cough) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 4 (0.09) | 3 (0.07) |
| HIV in pregnant women | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.03) | 1 (0.02) | 0 (0.00) |
| Exogenous intoxications | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.02) |
| Malaria | 1 (0.06) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) |
| Total | 1784 (100.00) | 2111 (100.00) | 2358 (100.00) | 3125 (100.00) | 3465 (100.00) | 3272 (100.00) | 4569 (100.00) | 4367 (100.00) |