Social characterization of COVID-19 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the number of deaths that occurred in the state of Amazonas and in Brazil, from March 16^th to August 20^th 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^th to August 20^th, 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^th to August 20^th, 2019 and 2020. The absolute frequencies and percentages of the variables studied were

SUBMITTER: Vasconcelos ZS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9185070 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature