A survival analysis of COVID-19 in the Mexican population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

At present, the Americas report the largest number of cases of COVID-19 worldwide. In this region, Mexico is the third country with most deaths (20,781 total deaths). A sum that may be explained by the high proportion of people over 50 and the high rate of chronic diseases. The aim of this analysis is to investigate the risk factors associated with COVID-19 deaths in Mexican population using survival analysis.

Methods

Our analysis includes all confirmed COVID-19 cases contained in the dataset published by the Epidemiological Surveillance System for Viral Respiratory Diseases of the Mexican Ministry of Health. We applied survival analysis to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the Mexican population. From this analysis, we plotted Kaplan-Meier curves, and constru

SUBMITTER: Salinas-Escudero G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588954 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature