Analysis of Deaths Occurred in Households during the Pandemic by COVID-19 in a Brazilian Amazon Region: An Epidemiological Approach

Autor: Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima, Glauber Tadaiesky Marques, Daniele Melo Sardinha, Emilyn Costa Conceição, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães, Adriana Pimentel Veras, Karla Valéria Batista Lima, Phelipe da Silva Rodrigues, Ana Lúcia da Silva Ferreira, Paulo Cerqueira dos Santos Júnior, Diana da Costa Lobato
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Repositório Digital do Instituto Evandro Chagas (Patuá)
Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC)
instacron:IEC
ISSN: 2278-1005
Popis: Universidade do Estado do Par?. Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Biologia Parasit?ria na Amaz?nia. Bel?m, PA, Brasil / Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Epidemiologia e Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. Secretaria de Sa?de do Estado do Par?. Bel?m, PA, Brazil. Secretaria de Sa?de do Estado do Par?. Bel?m, PA, Brazil. Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laborat?rio de Geoprocessamento. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. Universidade do Estado do Par?. Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Biologia Parasit?ria na Amaz?nia. Bel?m, PA, Brasil / Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Epidemiologia e Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil / Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Programa de P?s-gradua??o em Pesquisa Cl?nica em Doen?as Infecciosas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Universidade Federal Rural da Amaz?nia. Bel?m, PA, Brazil. Universidade Federal Rural da Amaz?nia. Bel?m, PA, Brazil. Secretaria de Sa?de do Estado do Par?. Bel?m, PA, Brazil. Universidade do Estado do Par?. Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Biologia Parasit?ria na Amaz?nia. Bel?m, PA, Brasil / Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil. In the absence of an analysis of deaths at home from an epidemiological perspective, this study aims to analyze and describe the epidemiological profile of deaths at home assessed by the Death Ceremony Service (DCS) during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the metropolitan region of the Brazilian Amazon, Bel?m do Par?. A descriptive, quantitative, secondary-based study based on the databases of the Mortality Information System (SIM), referring to the deaths that occurred from March 1 to March 27 June 2020. The variables worked were related to the profile and the causes in the death certificate. The causes of home deaths in 2019 were used to compare with 2020. In the indicated period, 1,203 deaths occurred, an increase of 454% in relation to 2019. The male gender (57.30%), the age group of 60+ (80.80%) and brown race (77.70%) were the most frequent. The main cause of death Acute myocardial infarction (15.05%) followed by COVID-19 (10.29%). During the pandemic, the majority of home deaths were not directly caused by COVID-19, however, they were influenced by it due to the need for social isolation, with the impossibility of obtaining the proper diagnosis or proper treatment, due to the impossibility of on-site care or lack of immediate response.
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