District-Level Risk Factors for COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in Nepal.

ABSTRACT: The recent global pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is affecting the entire population of Nepal, and the outcome of the epidemic varies from place to place. A district-level analysis was conducted to identify socio-demographic risk factors that drive the large variations in COVID-19 mortality and related health outcomes, as of 22 January 2021. Data on COVID-19 extracted from relevant reports and websites of the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal, and the National Population and Housing Census and the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey were the main data sources for the district-level socio-demographic characteristics. We calculated the COVID-19 incidence, recovered cases, and deaths per 100,000 population, then estimated the associations with the risk facto

SUBMITTER: Lamichhane DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8910479 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature