COVID-19 Pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A Social Inequality Report

Background and Objectives: To perform a retrospective report on the lethality of COVID-19 in different realities in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ). Materials and Methods: We accomplished an observational study by collecting the data about total confirmed cases and deaths due to COVID-19 in the top...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bernardo, Yago, do Rosario, Denes, Conte-Junior, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8229071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34200557
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57060596
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Sumario:Background and Objectives: To perform a retrospective report on the lethality of COVID-19 in different realities in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ). Materials and Methods: We accomplished an observational study by collecting the data about total confirmed cases and deaths due to COVID-19 in the top 10 high social developed neighborhoods and top 10 most populous favelas in RJ to determine the case-fatality rate (CFR) and compare these two different realities. Results: CFR was significatively higher in poverty areas of RJ, reaching a mean of 9.08% in the most populous favelas and a mean of 4.87% in the socially developed neighborhoods. Conclusions: The social mitigation measures adopted in RJ have benefited only smaller portions of the population, excluding needy communities.

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