Spatial pattern of COVID-19 deaths and infections in small areas of Brazil.

ABSTRACT: As of mid-August 2020, Brazil was the country with the second-highest number of cases and deaths by the COVID-19 pandemic, but with large regional and social differences. In this study, using data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, we analyze the spatial patterns of infection and mortality from Covid-19 across small areas of Brazil. We apply spatial autoregressive Bayesian models and estimate the risks of infection and mortality, taking into account age, sex composition of the population and other variables that describe the health situation of the spatial units. We also perform a decomposition analysis to study how age composition impacts the differences in mortality and infection rates across regions. Our results indicate that death and infections are spatially distributed, forming c

SUBMITTER: Lima EEC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7877657 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature