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. 2020 Mar 16;53:e20190199. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0199-2019

TABLE 2: Syphilis trend among pregnant women according to sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Northeast Brazil, 2008-2015.

Variables Period APC (95% CI) Trend
Age group 10-14 years 2008-2015 3.9 (−1.6; 9.7) Stable
15-19 years 2008-2012 10.3 (3.8; 17.2) Increasing Stable
2012-2015 −1.0 (−10.0; 8.9)
2008-2015 5,3 (1,9; 8,8) Increasing
20-29 years 2008-2011 −3.8 (−7.1; −0.4) Decreasing Stable
2011-2015 0.2 (−2; 2.4)
2008-2015 −1,6 (-2.7; −0.4) Decreasing
30-39 years 2008-2015 −1.4 (-2.4; −0.5) Decreasing
≥40 years 2008-2015 −4.8 (−8.1-−1.3) Decreasing
Race/color White 2008-2015 −5.8 (−7.6; −4) Decreasing
Black −0.1 (−2.8; 2.8) Stable
Caucasian 4.1 (−5.2; 14.3) Stationary
Brown 1.5 (0.8; 2.2) Increasing
Indigene −1.3 (−9.2; 7.4) Stable
Ignored −2.1 (−7.5; 3.6) Stable
Educational level Illiterate 2008-2015 −12.6 (−14.9; −10.4) Decreasing
Did not complete 1st-4th grade −8.2 (−10.2; −6.1) Decreasing
Completed 4th grade −8.1 (−10.5; −5.5) Decreasing
Did not complete 5th-8th grade 0.7 (−0.9; 2.3) Stable
Completed 8th grade −0.1 (−3.6; 3.6) Stable
Did not complete high school 8.1 (5.4; 10.8) Increasing
Completed high school 10.4 (7.7; 13.2) Increasing
Did not complete higher school 14 (4.8; 24.0) Increasing
Completed higher school 5.5 (−1.6; 13.1) Stable
Not applicable - -
Ignored 0.7 (−2.0; 3.5) Stable
Gestational age 1st trimester 2008-2015 5.4 (2.3; 8.5) Increasing
2nd trimester 1.4 (−0.1; 2.9) Stable
3rd trimester −2.6 (−4.6; −0.6) Decreasing
Ignored −3.4 (−7.7; 1.0) Stable
Clinical classification Primary syphilis 2008-2015 −1.7 (−4.0; 0.6) Stable
Secondary syphilis −6.3 (−9.7; −2.8) Decreasing
Tertiary syphilis 10.3 (5.5; 15.4) Increasing
Latent syphilis 4.7 (−6.7; 17.6) Stable
Ignored −0.7 (−2.9; 1.5) Stable