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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Transl Res
. 2022 May 15;14(5):3525-3532.
eCollection 2022.
Social characterization of COVID-19 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil
Zanair Soares Vasconcelos[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Eleine Weimann[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fabiola Estefany Botelho de Lima[SUP] 3 [/SUP], César Rogério da Silva Gonçalves[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Eliane Carvalho Dos Santos[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alba Regina Jorge Brandão[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Katia Nascimento Couceiro[SUP] 1 5 [/SUP], Adriano Gomes da Silva[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Objectives: To compare the number of deaths that occurred in the state of Amazonas and in Brazil, from March 16[SUP]th[/SUP] to August 20[SUP]th[/SUP] 2020, using the variables skin color, sex, place of death, age group and association with COVID-19, and secondly, to verify whether between 2019 and 2020, in the period from March 16[SUP]th[/SUP] to August 20[SUP]th[/SUP], there was a significant change in the number of deaths from diseases not associated with COVID-19.
Methods: We searched the databases of the Brazilian public agency "Transparency Portal" for the data on deaths that occurred in the state of Amazonas and Brazil in the period from March 16[SUP]th[/SUP] to August 20[SUP]th[/SUP], 2019 and 2020. The absolute frequencies and percentages of the variables studied were used for statistical analysis.
Results: COVID-19 was responsible for an 11.01% increase in deaths in Brazil; however, this rate quadrupled in the state of Amazonas. In relation to age group, there was a similar percentage between Amazonas and the national average. The stratified analysis showed significant differences between genders and races, with higher death rates in men and people of brown/black skin. The number of deaths at home increased significantly, especially those from causes not associated with COVID-19.
Conclusions: The national drop in deaths from diseases not associated with COVID between March and August 2020 in Brazil is misleading and may be due to the result of misreported causes of death.
Keywords: Coronavirus; SARS-COV-2; causa mortis; respiratory diseases; vulnerable populations.
. 2022 May 15;14(5):3525-3532.
eCollection 2022.
Social characterization of COVID-19 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil
Zanair Soares Vasconcelos[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Eleine Weimann[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fabiola Estefany Botelho de Lima[SUP] 3 [/SUP], César Rogério da Silva Gonçalves[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Eliane Carvalho Dos Santos[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alba Regina Jorge Brandão[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Katia Nascimento Couceiro[SUP] 1 5 [/SUP], Adriano Gomes da Silva[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35702120
- PMCID: PMC9185070
Abstract
Objectives: To compare the number of deaths that occurred in the state of Amazonas and in Brazil, from March 16[SUP]th[/SUP] to August 20[SUP]th[/SUP] 2020, using the variables skin color, sex, place of death, age group and association with COVID-19, and secondly, to verify whether between 2019 and 2020, in the period from March 16[SUP]th[/SUP] to August 20[SUP]th[/SUP], there was a significant change in the number of deaths from diseases not associated with COVID-19.
Methods: We searched the databases of the Brazilian public agency "Transparency Portal" for the data on deaths that occurred in the state of Amazonas and Brazil in the period from March 16[SUP]th[/SUP] to August 20[SUP]th[/SUP], 2019 and 2020. The absolute frequencies and percentages of the variables studied were used for statistical analysis.
Results: COVID-19 was responsible for an 11.01% increase in deaths in Brazil; however, this rate quadrupled in the state of Amazonas. In relation to age group, there was a similar percentage between Amazonas and the national average. The stratified analysis showed significant differences between genders and races, with higher death rates in men and people of brown/black skin. The number of deaths at home increased significantly, especially those from causes not associated with COVID-19.
Conclusions: The national drop in deaths from diseases not associated with COVID between March and August 2020 in Brazil is misleading and may be due to the result of misreported causes of death.
Keywords: Coronavirus; SARS-COV-2; causa mortis; respiratory diseases; vulnerable populations.