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

doi:10.1093/jtm/taaa145

The burden of COVID-19 in Brazil is greater in areas with high social deprivation

J Travel Med. 2020 Nov 9;27(7):taaa145. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa145.

Authors

Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza¹, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo^{2

3}, Michael Ferreira Machado¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Post-graduation Program in Health Family, Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Arapiraca, Brazil.
² Postgraduate Program in Health and Biological Sciences, Federal University of Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF), Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil.
³ Postgraduate Program in Biosciences, Federal University of Vale do SãoFrancisco (UNIVASF), Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil.

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.

Keywords: access to care; equity; inequality; low to middle income countries; race; social justice.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brazil
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Female
Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data*
Health Status Disparities*
Humans
Male
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pandemics / statistics & numerical data*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
Social Conditions / economics*
Socioeconomic Factors
Survival Analysis
Vulnerable Populations*