ArticleEpidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil2025
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on excess deaths: descriptive study, Pernambuco, 2020-2022.
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objectiveTo estimate the excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pernambuco between 2020 and 2022.
methodsThis descriptive study used data from the Mortality Information System (SIM). The excess deaths, expressed as the observed-to-expected deaths ratio, and the P-score, expressed as the proportional excess deaths, were evaluated. The estimated deaths used historical data from 2015 to 2019 based on linear regression models.
resultsThe highest proportional excess mortality for 2020 was evidenced in the Regional Health Management Department I, III, and IV (28.0%, 25.9%, and 18.1%); for 2021, in the Regional Health Management Departments I, XII and VIII (35.4%, 24.7% and 23.2%); and for 2022, in the Regional Health Management Departments XI, IV and VII (20.1%, 19.1% and 16.3%).
conclusionThe distribution of excess mortality in Pernambuco varied during the pandemic years and highlighted the inland spread of COVID-19-related deaths.
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