Incidência da Tuberculose, Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano e Indicadores de Vulnerabilidade Familiar. Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte: uma abordagem multivariada

Abstract

The study aims how socioeconomic and demographic factors are related to the tuberculosis incidence. Following data were collected from 1991 to 2000: tuberculosis incidence by sex. Family vulnerability indicators and Human Development Index (HDI) won county basis for the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte/Brazil. Through multivariate analysis of principal components, it was found that tuberculosis incidences for both sexes were positively associated and that the indicators of family or economic vulnerability, acted differently according to sex. While the variable to live alone at the age of 65 or more was most directly associated to tuberculosis's incidence in men, the tuberculosis incidence in women was associated directly to aging index and to countys per capita income. The most important sub-indices in defining HDI were education and income. Tuberculosis incidence reaches predominantly the economically active population and actually is stable in the Metropolitan Area of Belo Horizonte/Brazil