Spatial distribution of tuberculosis cases in a priority Brazilian northeast municipality for control of the disease
The remarkable relation that tuberculosis has with social conditions demands anunderstanding of the dynamics of this aggravation and its occurrence in the territory through geospatial analyses. In this sense, the objective of the present study was to describe the spatial distribution of tuberculosis cases in a municipality in the Northeast Region of Brazil. This is an ecological study considering all cases of tuberculosis reported in the Disease Notification System from 2006 to 2015. The exploratory analysis ofcases included thekernel density estimationand spatial analysis of the area.