Hospitalization and mortality from Parkinson’s Disease in Brazil from 2008 to 2020

Abstract

ABSTRACT Parkinson’s Disease is irreversible and affects the central nervous system. As the disease mainly affects the elderly, attention and strategies for prevention and care for people who have the disease are essential, making it possible through the exposure of data that demonstrate the situation. The objective was to analyze the morbidity and mortality of the disease and the distribution by states and regions of Brazil from 2008 to 2020. This is an epidemiological, retrospective study, using the database of the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System. An average of 875±166 hospitalizations per year was found, with a decrease in 2020. The most affected age group was between 60 and 79 years old, in men, but there was an increase in cases in younger people. Mortality found was 3333±759 per year, with statistically significant growth of the curve over time and higher rates in Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro. It can be concluded that both the hospitalization rate and the mortality rate were predominant in the elderly and in males, with the South region having the highest mortality rate.