Perfil epidemiológico das mulheres do município de Valença com lesões precursoras do câncer de colo do útero

Abstract

Objective: The goal of this study wasto analyse the epidemiological profile of women from the city of Valença that present precursor injuries of cervical cancer. Methodology: It is a descriptive quantitative study, made from July 2017 until August 2018. It were seen 6430 women from a stablished age range and interviews to analyse risk factors and defined variables. Results: The age range with the bigest number of cases was from 36 to 45 years old (36%). There was a predominance of white people (53,3%). When it comes to education, most of them studied for 5 to 9 years (38,1%). The income range that prevails is between 1 and 2 minimum wages (56%). Most is married (46,3%) and have a set partner (76,2%). A big part has children (82,7%), and most have between 2 and 3 children (60,8%). Most women didn’t used to use contraceptive methods (53,3%), and the most used method was the oral contraceptive pill (80%). When asked about STIs, most of them informed they wasn’t infected (78,7%). Most informed that make preventive exams (96%), once a year (48,6%) e 77,3% said they were not smokers. Conclusion: The analysis of the epidemiological profile and the investigation of other risk factors has been contributing a lot to the recruitment of the risk population, allowing and early diagnosis and advances in treatment.