Unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 on life expectancy across urban areas in Chile: a cross-sectional demographic study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy in Chile categorised by rural and urban areas, and to correlate life expectancy changes with socioeconomic factors at the municipal level.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional demographic analysis using aggregated national all-cause death data stratified by year, sex and municipality during the period 2010-2020.

Setting and population

Chilean population by age, sex and municipality from 2002 to 2020.

Main outcome measures

Stratified mortality rates using a Bayesian methodology. These were based on vital and demographic statistics from the national institute of statistics and department of vital statistics of ministry of health. With this, we assessed the unequal impact of the pandemic

SUBMITTER: Mena G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9395593 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature