Brazil Information System for Notifiable Diseases 2003
General Info
Original or alternative title
Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN) 2003
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2003 - December, 2003
Data type
Epi surveillance:
Subnationally representative
Summary
Brazil's Information System for Notifiable Diseases, also known as SINAN (Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação), provides data on the number of confirmed cases of nationally notifiable diseases, and other select conditions in Brazil from 2001 to the present. Case notification data in SINAN come from data collected at health facilities via epidemiological disease surveillance reporting forms. Data can be downloaded through the SINAN Net database interface, and tables can be customized to present data on the selected condition by year, geography, or demographic characteristics, such as age, and gender.
Keywords
Alcohol use disorders, Animal injuries, Antiretroviral therapy, Contact with venomous animals and plants, Dengue, Diabetes, Drug use disorders, Gynecological diseases, HIV and AIDS, Hepatitis, Hypertension, ICD-10, Incidence, Infectious diseases, Interpersonal violence, Leishmaniasis, Leprosy, Medical tests, Meningitis, Mental and behavioral disorders, Pneumoconiosis, Poisonings, STDs, Schistosomiasis, Syphilis, Tobacco smoking, Tuberculosis, Varicella, X-rays
Citation
Contributors
Suggested citation
Ministry of Health (Brazil). Brazil Information System for Notifiable Diseases 2003.