Excess deaths among adults in the state of Santa Catarina: an ecological study during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil, 2020-2021
Rebeca Heyse Holzbach,
Gabriel Resun Gomes da Silva,
Jean Carlos Bianchi
et al.
Abstract:Objective: to estimate excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Santa Catarina and its macro-regions, Brazil, 2020-2021. Methods: this was an ecological study, using data from the Mortality Information System; excess deaths in adults were calculated by the difference between the observed number of deaths and expected number of deaths, taking into account the average of deaths that occurred between 2015 and 2019; the variables “macro-region of residence”, “quarter”, “month”, “sex” and “age gr… Show more
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