Estudo epidemiológico das doenças neurodegenerativas na Região da Guarda - Portugal

The aim was to characterize the population with neurodegenerative diseases in the region of Guarda. An epidemiological, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out of the user population of the Local Health Unit of Guarda, EPE, located in the Central Region of Portugal, with an active diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease, according to the International Classification of Primary Health Care - ICPC-2 : P70 - Dementia, N86 - Multiple Sclerosis - and N87 - Parkinsonism. The data source was the Regional Health Administrations Information System (SIARS), and the sample consisted of 2500 people with neurodegenerative disease. Dementia is the most prevalent of these diseases (62%), followed by Parkinsonism (32%). The proportion of active diagnoses was 1.66%. Most are women (66%), the average age is 79 (± 11.99) years, with a range of 92 years, minimum 19 and maximum 111 years. The characterization of the population with an active diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases proves to be an important contribution to delineating specific and targeted intervention strategies for the target population and, thus, proceeding with the study of the quality of life of people with neurodegenerative diseases and their families.Objetivou-se caracterizar a população portadora de doenças neurodegenerativas da Região da Guarda. Realizou-se um estudo epidemiológico, descritivo, transversal da população utilizadora da Unidade Local de Saúde da Guarda, EPE, localizada na Região Centro de Portugal, com diagnóstico ativo de doença neurodegenerativa, segundo a Classificação Internacional de Cuidados de Saúde Primários – ICPC-2: P70 - Demência, N86 - Esclerose Múltipla - e N87 - Parkinsonismo. A fonte de dados foi o Sistema de Informação das Administrações Regionais de Saúde (SIARS), sendo a amostra constituída por 2500 pessoas portadoras de doença neurodegenerativa. A Demência é a mais predominante dessas doenças (62%), seguida do Parkinsonismo (32%). A proporção de diagnósticos ativos foi 1,66%.  A maioria são mulheres (66%), a média de idades situa-se nos 79 (± 11,99) anos, com uma amplitude de 92 anos, mínimo 19 e máximo 111 anos. A caracterização da população com diagnóstico ativo de doenças neurodegenerativas, revela-se um importante contributo para delinear estratégias de intervenção especificas e direcionadas para a população-alvo e, assim, prosseguir para o estudo da qualidade de vida da pessoa portadora de doença neurodegenerativa e família

Estudo epidemiológico das doenças neurodegenerativas na Região da Guarda - Portugal

The aim was to characterize the population with neurodegenerative diseases in the region of Guarda. An epidemiological, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out of the user population of the Local Health Unit of Guarda, EPE, located in the Central Region of Portugal, with an active diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease, according to the International Classification of Primary Health Care - ICPC-2 : P70 - Dementia, N86 - Multiple Sclerosis - and N87 - Parkinsonism. The data source was the Regional Health Administrations Information System (SIARS), and the sample consisted of 2500 people with neurodegenerative disease. Dementia is the most prevalent of these diseases (62%), followed by Parkinsonism (32%). The proportion of active diagnoses was 1.66%. Most are women (66%), the average age is 79 (± 11.99) years, with a range of 92 years, minimum 19 and maximum 111 years. The characterization of the population with an active diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases proves to be an important contribution to delineating specific and targeted intervention strategies for the target population and, thus, proceeding with the study of the quality of life of people with neurodegenerative diseases and their families.Objetivou-se caracterizar a população portadora de doenças neurodegenerativas da Região da Guarda. Realizou-se um estudo epidemiológico, descritivo, transversal da população utilizadora da Unidade Local de Saúde da Guarda, EPE, localizada na Região Centro de Portugal, com diagnóstico ativo de doença neurodegenerativa, segundo a Classificação Internacional de Cuidados de Saúde Primários – ICPC-2: P70 - Demência, N86 - Esclerose Múltipla - e N87 - Parkinsonismo. A fonte de dados foi o Sistema de Informação das Administrações Regionais de Saúde (SIARS), sendo a amostra constituída por 2500 pessoas portadoras de doença neurodegenerativa. A Demência é a mais predominante dessas doenças (62%), seguida do Parkinsonismo (32%). A proporção de diagnósticos ativos foi 1,66%.  A maioria são mulheres (66%), a média de idades situa-se nos 79 (± 11,99) anos, com uma amplitude de 92 anos, mínimo 19 e máximo 111 anos. A caracterização da população com diagnóstico ativo de doenças neurodegenerativas, revela-se um importante contributo para delinear estratégias de intervenção especificas e direcionadas para a população-alvo e, assim, prosseguir para o estudo da qualidade de vida da pessoa portadora de doença neurodegenerativa e família

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data