Relações entre saneamento básico e indicadores de saúde no Nordeste.

Abstract

The main objective is to know the current reality of basic sanitation in Northeast Brazil. In order to obtain a more effective response to the general objective, the following specific objectives were built: Identify the relationships between public health indicators and the degree of basic sanitation in the Northeast; Reveal the current scenario of basic sanitation in the Northeast region; Identify the worst-off states in the health - sanitation relationship in the Northeast. The research has an explanatory nature, considering that it proposes to relate the data collected, and through these data, to analyze and explain the identified situations. Regarding the types of approach, this research has a quantitative character. Through the collected numbers, it is sought to translate the information exposed by them, and according to this information, understand the results of the research. The research adopted an Ex-Post-Fact procedure for data collection. After Pearson's correlation between the indicators, the conclusion was reached that the fewer people living in homes without access to treated water and a sewage collection network, situations that demonstrate lack of sanitation, the more the number of deaths related to diseases gastrointestinal and infectious diseases. After the correlations made between the indicators, the conclusion was reached that the less investments in sanitation, the greater the number of people living in houses without access to treated water and sewage collection, and the higher the death rates from gastrointestinal diseases. and infectious.