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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of scorpionism cases registered in SINAN, Brazil, 2000-2012

From: Scorpionism in Brazil in the years 2000 to 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

–

–

  1. 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 + .
  2. Data Source: SINAN/SVS/MS.
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