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ArticlePeerJ2021

Using demographic data to understand the distribution of H1N1 and COVID-19 pandemics cases among federal entities and municipalities of Mexico.

Yohanna Sarria-Guzmán, Jaime Bernal, Michele De Biase, Ligia C Muñoz-Arenas, Francisco Erik González-Jiménez, Clemente Mosso, Arit De León-Lorenzana, Carmine Fusaro

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Yohanna Sarria-GuzmánCentro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
Jaime BernalFacultad de Medicina, Universidad del Sinú, Cartagena de Indias, Bolivar, Colombia.
Michele De BiaseDipartimento di Ingegneria Ambientale, Università della Calabria, Rende, Calabria, Italy.
Ligia C Muñoz-ArenasFacultad de Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
Francisco Erik González-JiménezFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-8503-0772
Clemente MossoCentro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
Arit De León-LorenzanaInstituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
Carmine FusaroFacultad de Ingenierías, Universidad de San Buenaventura-Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Bolivar, Colombia.

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Abstract

backgroundThe novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the second global health emergency the world has faced in less than two decades, after the H1N1 Influenza pandemic in 2009-2010. Spread of pandemics is frequently associated with increased population size and population density. The geographical scales (national, regional or local scale) are key elements in determining the correlation between demographic factors and the spread of outbreaks. The aims of this study were: (a) to collect the Mexican data related to the two pandemics; (b) to create thematic maps using federal and municipal geographic scales; (c) to investigate the correlations between the pandemics indicators (numbers of contagious and deaths) and demographic patterns (population size and density).

methodsThe demographic patterns of all Mexican Federal Entities and all municipalities were taken from the database of "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía" (INEGI). The data of "Centro Nacional de Programas Preventivos y Control de Enfermedades" (CENAPRECE) and the geoportal of Mexico Government were also used in our analysis. The results are presented by means of tables, graphs and thematic maps. A Spearman correlation was used to assess the associations between the pandemics indicators and the demographic patterns. Correlations with a

resultsThe confirmed cases (ccH1N1) and deaths (dH1N1) registered during the H1N1 Influenza pandemic were 72.4 thousand and 1.2 thousand respectively. Mexico City (CDMX) was the most affected area by the pandemic with 8,502 ccH1N1 and 152 dH1N1. The ccH1N1 and dH1N1 were positively correlated to demographic patterns;

conclusionThe magnitude of COVID-19 pandemic is much greater than the H1N1 Influenza pandemic. The CDMX was the national epicenter in both pandemics. The federal scale did not allow to evaluate the correlation between exanimated demographic variables and the spread of infections, but the municipal basis allowed the identification of local variations and "red zones" such as the delegation of Iztapalapa and Gustavo A. Madero in CDMX.

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