Investigação dos efeitos de fatores socioeconômicos e ambientais sobre a saúde de populações residentes na baixada santista: uma abordagem ecológica

Abstract

Living around unplanned areas has been a really current trend, specially in urban areas. Royal state speculation tends to keep away low-income population, forming social segregation areas in where there is not appropriate infraestructure, health and quality education. Located in Santos City, Zona Noroeste Area is a typical portrait of it. Surrounded by chemical industries, local people do not count on authorities support or even city fiscalization. Such a reality might interfere on someone¿s health. This is the research¿s aim in order to compare SUS hospitalizations¿ level among distinct communities income and profiles in Santos and Mongagua Cities between 2010 and 2014. This ecological project has analyzed data hospitalization among Zonas Noroeste and Leste from Santos and Mongagua City. Annual, monthly and seasonal data were built to the whole population from its areas as well as for people from diferente ages (children and teenagers ¿ until 19 y.o.; adults ¿ from 20 to 59 y.o.; and elders ¿ 60 years old up). Different rates on different areas, ages or genres were estimated using Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Adopted relevance level was 5%. Considering the six diseases groups observed on the three areas, the results about Zona Noroeste surpassed the others, except for hospitalizations caused by hematological or immunidity factors (p = 0,000). Regarding to ages analysis, kids from Zona Noroeste have been more affected than children from the other parts. Mongagua elders hospitalization rates were the lowest while Zona Noroeste levels have shown to be the highest. As a matter of fact, men seemed to be more susceptible than women.