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Distribution of Congenital Syphilis Hospitalizations According to Sex and Race/Color: An Ecological Study Using Secondary Data

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  • Gilney Guerra de Medeiros Uniceplac - Centro Universitário do Planalto Central Apparecido dos Santos, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3351-2841
    • Data Curation
    • Conceptualization
    • Formal Analysis
    • Project Administration
    • Validation
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
  • George Harrison Ferreira de Carvalho Faculdade de Brasília https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7377-9284
    • Formal Analysis
    • Investigation
    • Methodology
    • Software
    • Supervision
    • Validation
    • Writing – Review & Editing
  • Rosilane de Lima Brito Magalhães Federal University of Piauí image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9695-1350
    • Validation
    • Supervision
    • Formal Analysis
    • Data Curation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.17205

Keywords:

Congenital syphilis, Hospitalization, Health information systems, Epidemiology, Social inequalities

Abstract

Introduction: Congenital syphilis remains a major public health challenge and is considered a sensitive indicator of the quality of prenatal care. Objective: To analyze the distribution of hospitalizations due to congenital syphilis according to sex and race/color. Methods: An ecological, retrospective study was conducted using aggregated data from the Brazilian Hospital Information System (SIH/SUS) for 2023. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated, and associations between categorical variables were assessed using chi-square or Fisher’s exact test. Results: A total of 187 hospitalizations were identified. Females accounted for 54.0% of cases. Most hospitalizations occurred among individuals classified as brown (pardo) (73.8%). Conclusion: The findings highlight persistent social inequalities associated with congenital syphilis hospitalizations.

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Author Biographies

Gilney Guerra de Medeiros, Uniceplac - Centro Universitário do Planalto Central Apparecido dos Santos, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil

Doutorando em Enfermagem pelo programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem na Universidade Federal do Piauí, além de professor universitário na UNICEPLAC, Brasília - DF.

George Harrison Ferreira de Carvalho, Faculdade de Brasília

Doutor em Ciências Médicas pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

Professor universitário.

Rosilane de Lima Brito Magalhães, Federal University of Piauí

Professora universitária e pesquisadora da Universidade Federal do Piauí. 

Submitted

07/29/2026

Posted

07/30/2026

How to Cite

Distribution of Congenital Syphilis Hospitalizations According to Sex and Race/Color: An Ecological Study Using Secondary Data. (2026). In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.17205

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Health Sciences

Copyright (c) 2026 Gilney Guerra de Medeiros, George Harrison Ferreira de Carvalho, Rosilane de Lima Brito Magalhães

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