Impact of the improvement of living conditions on tuberculosis mortality in Brazil: an ecological study
Marcio Natividade,
Marcos Pereira,
Christine Stauber
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND:
The risk of death due to tuberculosis (TB) in Brazil is high and strongly related to living conditions (LC). However, epidemiological studies investigating changes in LC and their impact on TB are lacking.
OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the impact of LC on TB mortality in Brazil.
DESIGN AND SETTING:
This ecological study, using panel data on spatial and temporal aggregates, was conducted in 1,614 municipalities between 2002 and 2015.
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