MAPPING OF EPIDEMOLOGICAL SILENCE SUBSPECIES IN THE HEALTH REGIONS OF AMAZONAS (BR)

Abstract

This paper presents results obtained from an investigative study on the data of Deaths with Poorly Defined Causes in the State of Amazonas in the year 2014. The values found were associated to the proportional distribution rates existing between rural and urban populations of each municipality evaluated. The information was worked through the Data Platform of the State Health Surveillance Foundation (FVS).The methodo logi cal approach considered the use of geotechnologies, which made possible the spatialization o f information and the mapping of municipalities with higher death rates. Interpretations of the data made it clear that in that year 40% of the municipalities (with representation in all Health Regions) declared proportions of Deaths with Poorly Defined Causes above the limit of 10% stipulated by the Ministry of Health. The municipalities of Jutai (35.19%), Itamarati (38.46%), Maués (40.1%), Ipixuna (45.1%) and Carauari (47.9%) had the highest proportions of death pattern cited. Only the municipalities of Jurua and Maraà presented according to ofhcial data 0% of deaths with ill-defined causes. The spaces that were marked by high proportions of Deaths with Maligned Causes included in the Mortality Information System (SIM) reveal partial knowledge of the Amazonian mortality profile and they are configured as sub spac es of silence in relation to the relevant epidemiological information for the planning of health care for these populations.