Author | Vasconcelos, Zanair Soares | |
Author | Weimann, Eleine | |
Author | Lima, Fabiola Estefany Botelho de | |
Author | Gonçalves, César Rogério da Silva | |
Author | Santos, Eliane Carvalho dos | |
Author | Brandão, Alba Regina Jorge | |
Author | Couceiro, Katia Nascimento | |
Author | Silva, Adriano Gomes da | |
Author | Guerra, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira | |
Author | Guerra, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa | |
Access date | 2023-11-27T03:19:06Z | |
Available date | 2023-11-27T03:19:06Z | |
Document date | 2022 | |
Citation | VASCONCELOS, Zanair Soares et al. Social characterization of COVID-19 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. American Journal of Translational Research, v. 14, n. 5, p. 3525-3532, 2022. | en_US |
ISSN | 1943-8141 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/61474 | |
Language | eng | en_US |
Publisher | Madison | en_US |
Rights | open access | en_US |
Title | Social characterization of COVID-19 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil | en_US |
Type | Article | en_US |
Abstract | Objectives: To compare the number of deaths that occurred in the state of Amazonas and in Brazil, from March 16th to August 20th 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 16th to August 20th,
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 16th to August 20th, 2019 and 2020. The absolute frequencies and percentages of the variables studied were used for statistical analysis. Results: COVID-19 was responsible for an 11.01% increase in deaths in Brazil; however, this rate quadrupled in the state of Amazonas. In relation to age group, there was a similar percentage between Amazonas and the national average. The stratified analysis showed significant differences between genders and races, with higher death rates in men and people of brown/black skin. The number of deaths at home increased significantly, especially those from causes not associated with COVID-19. Conclusions: The national drop in deaths from diseases not associated with COVID between March and August 2020 in Brazil is misleading and may be due to the result of misreported causes of death. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Amazonas. Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Manaus, AM, Brasil / Centro de Instrução de Guerra na Selva. Manaus, AM, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Amazonas. Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Manaus, AM, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Faculdade Metropolitana de Manaus. Manaus, AM, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Manaus. Laboratório Distrital Sul. Manaus, AM, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Centro de Instrução de Guerra na Selva. Manaus, AM, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Amazonas. Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Manaus, AM, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Amazonas. Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Manaus, AM, Brasil / Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Manaus, AM, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Amazonas. Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Manaus, AM, Brasil / Faculdade Metropolitana de Manaus. Manaus, AM, Brasil. | en_US |
Affilliation | Universidade do Estado do Amazonas. Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical. Manaus, AM, Brasil. | en_US |
Subject | Coronavirus | en_US |
Subject | Causa mortis | en_US |
Subject | Vulnerable populations | en_US |
Subject | Respiratory diseases | en_US |
Subject | SARS-COV-2 | en_US |
Subject | COVID-19 | |
e-ISSN | 1943-8141 | |