This cross-sectional study aimed to describe the spatial distribution of leprosy cases in Ribeirão Preto in 2004. The data collection was performed through compulsory notification records in the Epidemiological Surveillance Service of the Municipal Secretary of Health of Ribeirão Preto. The data were geo-coded through the MapInfo program version 7.8 in order to obtain the thematic map. From the 37 cases found, 62% were automatically coded, which revealed good compatibility between the database and the information in the cartographic base. The remaining 38% of the cases were geo-coded interactively. The thematic map analysis and the geo-referenced cases revealed a concentration of cases in the Northern region of the city, traditionally characterized by poor neighborhoods.
BT - Revista latino-americana de enfermagem C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17653430?dopt=Abstract CN - GAUY 2007 DA - 2007 May-Jun DO - 10.1590/s0104-11692007000300015 IS - 3 J2 - Rev Lat Am Enfermagem LA - eng N2 -This cross-sectional study aimed to describe the spatial distribution of leprosy cases in Ribeirão Preto in 2004. The data collection was performed through compulsory notification records in the Epidemiological Surveillance Service of the Municipal Secretary of Health of Ribeirão Preto. The data were geo-coded through the MapInfo program version 7.8 in order to obtain the thematic map. From the 37 cases found, 62% were automatically coded, which revealed good compatibility between the database and the information in the cartographic base. The remaining 38% of the cases were geo-coded interactively. The thematic map analysis and the geo-referenced cases revealed a concentration of cases in the Northern region of the city, traditionally characterized by poor neighborhoods.
PY - 2007 SP - 460 EP - 5 T2 - Revista latino-americana de enfermagem TI - Spatial distribution of leprosy cases in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, 2004. TT - Distribución espacial de casos de Hanseniasis en el municipio de Ribeirão Preto para el año 2004 UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rlae/v15n3/v15n3a15.pdf VL - 15 SN - 0104-1169 ER -