Scorpionism in Brazil in the years 2000 to 2012

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

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	–
Black^a	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 applicable^c	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	–	–

^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 + .
Data Source: SINAN/SVS/MS.

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