Association between the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the pará state

Over the past decade, Brazil has experienced a growth in the number of deaths of patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. In addition, the Brazilian government's response to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and to the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome has proved to be inefficient, contributing to the growing emergence of new cases. Researchers have sought to fill in the gaps related to this disease. The present study aims to show the profile of patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in the ParáState, and to verify possible associations between the socio-demographic and clinical variables categories, from 2007 to 2016.It is a descriptive study, in which we used the statistical technique of Exploratory Data Analysis. In order to present the profile of the patients, we performed georeferencing for the spatial distribution of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome cases, as well as the Correspondence Analysis to verify whether or not there was an association between the categories of the socio-demographic and clinical variables. Among the results, we observed that in the period from 2013 to 2016 there was an increase in the number of cases of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in the Pará State, for both male and female patients. There was also statistical association between the evolution of the case classified as death and the low schooling of the patient. The results show that there is a huge public health issue regarding this matter and that it is necessary to promote the continuation of disease awareness and prevention projects, alerting the population about the serious risks of contracting HIV, as well as about the importance of identifying the disease in its initial stage, to ensure a more effective treatment and clinically more satisfactory results.