Municipality-Level Predictors of COVID-19 Mortality in Mexico: A Cautionary Tale.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Local characteristics of populations have been associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes. We analyze the municipality-level factors associated with a high COVID-19 mortality rate (MR) of in Mexico.

Methods

We retrieved information from cumulative confirmed symptomatic cases and deaths from COVID-19 as of June 20, 2020, and data from most recent census and surveys of Mexico. A negative binomial regression model was adjusted, the dependent variable was the number of COVID-19 deaths, and the independent variables were the quintiles of the distribution of sociodemographic and health characteristics among the 2457 municipalities of Mexico.

Results

Factors associated with high MRs from COVID-19, relative to quintile 1, were diabetes and obesity

SUBMITTER: Contreras-Manzano A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7985638 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature