Cases of Infantile Diarrhea and Gastroenteritis

Objective: To Analyse cases of diarrhea and gastroenteritis in children in the municipality of Ananindeua from 2018 to 2022.

Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional descriptive epidemiological rearch on a secundary basis. The data are from notified cases of diarrhea and gastroenteritis in children age 0 to 9 yers. Tables and graphs were used to analyze the data.

Results: Between 2018 and 2022, the municipality under study recorded 116 reported cases of diarrhea and gastroenteritis in children. Over these years, the age group most affected was 1 to 4 years old, accounting for 58.69% of all cases. In addition, there is a slightly higher prevalence of cases in females compared to males. With regard to the race of the children, the majority of notifications refer to brown children.

Conclusions: This study allowed a detaild analysis of cases of diarrhea and gastroenteritis in children, revealing valuable information about the sociodemographic characteristics of the région studied, as well as the influence of these determinants on the health/disease of these children.