Comparative analysis of respiratory diseases related to the stretching and raining periods in the state of tocantins

Use of fire in forests in the state of Tocantins, especially in the dry season, initiates a series of respiratory diseases in adults and children with various levels of involvement that lead to hospital admission. The aim of this search was to collect relevant data on the prevalence of people under 10 and over 60 years old, affected by respiratory diseases in the State of Tocantins, making it possible to perform a comparison between the rainy and dry periods correlating fires as an aggravating factor and determinant in the increase of these respiratory conditions in the dry season, in what occurs the largest number of outbreaks, determining factor for this morbidity. This study aimed to examine the relationship between respiratory diseases during the rainy and dry season from October 2008 to September 2011 in the State of Tocantins. Therefore, to achieve the proposed objective it was used an exploratory and ecological methodology, with thematic maps constructed from a software called Terraview 4.0.0, data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), and the Department of Computer of the Unique Health System - DATASUS among them are the SIA/SUS, SIH/SUS, SINAN - NET. As a result, it was found that the lung problems distributed by sex between the months of study the largest percentage was in males with 57%, being females with 43%, relating to the larger number of cases of lung disorders distributed by range age in months studied, it was between 0 and 4 years old, being more pronounced between 1 and 4 years old. The cities that had high-level fires outbreaks coincided with cities that actually require intervention during the dry season were Tocantínia, Araguaçu and Taguatinga, but other cities who were nearby also had these needs for interventions such as the cities Miranorte and Duerê as well as other cities like Augustinópolis and Tocantinópolis that were nearby Araguatins (Sanitary Microregion of Araguatins n. 7) which showed a high level of fire outbreaks. Therefore, it is concluded that it is possible to propose intervention measures for certain micro-regions in order to reduce rates of respiratory diseases in the dry season promoting environmental education actions allied to health education, for this is essential the support of municipal, state and federal levels.