The burden of COVID-19 in Brazil is greater in areas with high social deprivation
Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Michael Ferreira Machado
Abstract
This study showed a spatial association between COVID-19 and poor living conditions in a population in Northeast Brazil. The case fatality rate was 1.42 times higher in the municipalities with very high social deprivation. Priority municipalities have been identified for intervention by the public authorities.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Social deprivationCase fatality rate2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Environmental healthIntervention (counseling)PopulationPublic healthDemographySocioeconomicsGerontologyVirologyEconomic growthOutbreakNursingInternal medicineEconomicsSociologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsCOVID-19 and Mental Health