1) Letícia Maria de Almeida Vieira
2) Helen Oliveira Machado
3) Victor Arthur Soares Costa Araújo
4) Julio Costa Brito
5) Vanessa Pires Ramalho

ABSTRACT

Justification: Distribution of colorectal cancer (CRC) in the regions of Brazil is fundamental for planning and actions of health services.Objectives: Analyze CRC mortality in Bahia according to sex and age group in the period from 2019 to 2022.

Method: Descriptive, retrospective study carried out from the DataSUS Hospital Information System, between Sep/2019 and Sep/2022.

Variables considered: number of hospitalizations, gender, color/race, age group, nature of care, average length of stay, total and average cost per hospitalization, deaths and average mortality rate (MR).

Surgical variables were: total number of procedures, states with the highest metrics and year with the highest number for CRC.

Results: 167,055 hospitalizations with leadership in the Southeast. The age group from 60 to 69 years old stood out. Regarding the nature of care, the majority (97,643) were urgent. Average length of stay in hospital was 4.8 days. Mortality rate was 8.1, being higher in the North (10.85). There were 13,537 deaths. The Southeast had the highest number of deaths (7,386), most of which were male. About the surgeries
performed to remove CRC, there was a general total of 26,571 procedures. São Paulo (SP) had the highest total number of procedures. The number of colorectal surgeries over the years increased, led by SP.

Conclusion: There was an increase in CRC mortality, with the North having the highest rate. It is necessary to increase public policies aimed at CRC screening, according to the scenario of different

Brazilian regions.

Keywords: Neoplasms of the anus; Colorectal Neoplasms; epidemiology; surgery.