Excess maternal mortality in Brazil: Regional inequalities and trajectories during the COVID-19 epidemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has exceeded 6 million known disease-related deaths and there is evidence of an increase in maternal deaths, especially in low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to estimate excess maternal deaths in Brazil and its macroregions as well as their trajectories in the first 15 months of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Methods

This study evaluated maternal deaths from the Mortality Information System of the Ministry of Health, with excess deaths being assessed between March 2020 and May 2021 by quasi-Poisson generalized additive models adjusted for overdispersion. Observed deaths were compared to deaths expected without the pandemic, accompanied by 95% confidence intervals according to region, age group, and trimester of occurrence. Analyses were condu

SUBMITTER: Orellana J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9584504 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature