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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2237-9622
Abstract
ESCOBAR, Ana Lúcia; RODRIGUEZ, Tomás Daniel Menéndez and MONTEIRO, Janne Cavalcante. Lethality and characteristics of deaths due to COVID-19 in Rondônia: an observational study. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2021, vol.30, n.1, e2020763. Epub Dec 07, 2020. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1679-49742021000100019.
Objective
To describe the characteristics of deaths due to COVID-19 in the state of Rondônia.
Methods
This was a descriptive study, with data from the Brazilian National Health System Epidemiological Surveillance System Computerization Strategy (E-SUS-VE, notified between January 1 and August 20, 2020. Statistical tests (Chi-square and Marascuilo procedure) were applied, where differences were considered to be significant when p< 0.05.
Results
184,146 suspected cases were reported, of which 49,804 were confirmed as COVID-19, and 1,020 died (lethality 2.1%). Statistically significant differences were observed between age groups and lethality (p-value <0.001); lethality was greater as age increased (Marascuilo procedure, significant in the comparison between the over 60s and the other age groups); death was higher among males (2.7% lethality); and lethality was higher among Black people (3.0%).
Conclusion
Lethality was greater among the elderly, males and people of brown and black skin color in Rondônia.
Keywords : Epidemiology, Descriptive; Mortality; Age Groups; Sex Distribution; Race Factors; Coronavirus Infections.
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