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ArticleEpidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil2023

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, Danúbia Hillesheim, Fabrício Augusto Menegon, Ana Luiza de Lima Curi Hallal

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Article in Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on excess deaths: descriptive study, Pernambuco, 2020-2022.Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil · 2025
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6 authors.

Rebeca Heyse HolzbachUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6236-7794
Gabriel Resun Gomes da SilvaUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9995-7045
Jean Carlos BianchiUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Curso de Medicina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8320-7020
Danúbia HillesheimUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0600-4072
Fabrício Augusto MenegonUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Saúde Pública, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4516-6162
Ana Luiza de Lima Curi HallalUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Saúde Pública, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4761-0001

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveto estimate excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Santa Catarina and its macro-regions, Brazil, 2020-2021.

methodsthis 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 group" were analyzed; data were analyzed in a descriptive manner.

resultsa total of 6,315 excess deaths in 2020 and 17,391 in 2021, mostly in males (57.4%) and those aged 60 years and older (74.0%); macro-regions and periods with the greatest excess deaths were those in which there were most deaths due to COVID-19; the greatest excess deaths occurred in March 2021 (n = 4,207), with a progressive decrease until the end of the year.

conclusionthere were excess deaths in the state of Santa Catarina and in all its macro-regions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19AdultAgedBrazilHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemics

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PMCPMC10355791

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