Investigating COVID-19 transmission and mortality differences between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Indigenous populations have been disproportionately affected during pandemics. We investigated COVID-19 mortality estimates among indigenous and non-indigenous populations at national and sub-national levels in Mexico.

Methods

We obtained data from the Ministry of Health, Mexico, on 2,173,036 laboratory-confirmed RT-PCR positive COVID-19 cases and 238,803 deaths. We estimated mortality per 1000 person-weeks, mortality rate ratio (RR) among indigenous vs. non-indigenous groups, and hazard ratio (HR) for COVID-19 deaths across four waves of the pandemic, from February 2020 to March 2022. We also assessed differences in the reproduction number (R_t).

Results

The mortality rate among indigenous populations of Mexico was 68% higher than that of non-ind

SUBMITTER: Dahal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9357430 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature