Cosmetic poisoning: an epidemiological characterization

Abstract

The present study aims to describe the epidemiological profile referring to the reported cases of exogenous intoxications by cosmetics in Brazil in the period 2015-2020. This is a quantitative and descriptive cross-sectional design. The data were extracted from the DATASUS platform, with the following variables included: year of notification, region of Brazil, age group, sex and circumstance. The data were organized and analyzed using descriptive statistics. 7,189 cases of poisoning by cosmetics were detected in Brazil in the adopted time range; and, through this total, it was found that 44, 57% were from the Southeast and 31.99% from the Northeast; 67.28% were female, 54.15%; 33.41% were between 01 and 04 years old, the majority circumstance being accidental with 49.23% of the records. Studies like this, allows the identification of the epidemiological profile of the circumstance addressed and allows the knowledge of the essential aspects for improving the approaches. Thus, it was found that, for the cases evaluated, the prevalence was of people from the southeastern and northeastern states of the female sex, aged between 01-04 years, accidentally intoxicated.