Investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries

Abstract In this paper, we measure the effect of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic wave at the national and subnational levels in selected Latin American countries that were most affected: Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. We used publicly available monthly mortality data to measure the...

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Autores principales:	Everton E. C. Lima, Estevão A. Vilela, Andrés Peralta, Marília Rocha, Bernardo L. Queiroz, Marcos R. Gonzaga, Mario Piscoya-Díaz, Kevin Martinez-Folgar, Víctor M. García-Guerrero, Flávio H. M. A. Freire
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Publicado:	SpringerOpen 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 Pandemic Excess mortality Latin America Subnational areas Demography. Population. Vital events HB848-3697
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1d7540623e7e4a40ac0fbcf43afca3de2021-11-07T12:15:53ZInvestigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries10.1186/s41118-021-00139-12035-5556https://doaj.org/article/1d7540623e7e4a40ac0fbcf43afca3de2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00139-1https://doaj.org/toc/2035-5556Abstract In this paper, we measure the effect of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic wave at the national and subnational levels in selected Latin American countries that were most affected: Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. We used publicly available monthly mortality data to measure the impacts of the pandemic using excess mortality for each country and its regions. We compare the mortality, at national and regional levels, in 2020 to the mortality levels of recent trends and provide estimates of the impact of mortality on life expectancy at birth. Our findings indicate that from April 2020 on, mortality exceeded its usual monthly levels in multiple areas of each country. In Mexico and Peru, excess mortality was spreading through many areas by the end of the second half of 2020. To a lesser extent, we observed a similar pattern in Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador. We also found that as the pandemic progressed, excess mortality became more visible in areas with poorer socioeconomic and sanitary conditions. This excess mortality has reduced life expectancy across these countries by 2–10 years. Despite the lack of reliable information on COVID-19 mortality, excess mortality is a useful indicator for measuring the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the context of Latin American countries, where there is still a lack of good information on causes of death in their vital registration systems.Everton E. C. LimaEstevão A. VilelaAndrés PeraltaMarília RochaBernardo L. QueirozMarcos R. GonzagaMario Piscoya-DíazKevin Martinez-FolgarVíctor M. García-GuerreroFlávio H. M. A. FreireSpringerOpenarticleCOVID-19PandemicExcess mortalityLatin AmericaSubnational areasDemography. Population. Vital eventsHB848-3697ENGenus, Vol 77, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 Pandemic Excess mortality Latin America Subnational areas Demography. Population. Vital events HB848-3697
spellingShingle	COVID-19 Pandemic Excess mortality Latin America Subnational areas Demography. Population. Vital events HB848-3697 Everton E. C. Lima Estevão A. Vilela Andrés Peralta Marília Rocha Bernardo L. Queiroz Marcos R. Gonzaga Mario Piscoya-Díaz Kevin Martinez-Folgar Víctor M. García-Guerrero Flávio H. M. A. Freire Investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries
description	Abstract In this paper, we measure the effect of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic wave at the national and subnational levels in selected Latin American countries that were most affected: Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. We used publicly available monthly mortality data to measure the impacts of the pandemic using excess mortality for each country and its regions. We compare the mortality, at national and regional levels, in 2020 to the mortality levels of recent trends and provide estimates of the impact of mortality on life expectancy at birth. Our findings indicate that from April 2020 on, mortality exceeded its usual monthly levels in multiple areas of each country. In Mexico and Peru, excess mortality was spreading through many areas by the end of the second half of 2020. To a lesser extent, we observed a similar pattern in Brazil, Chile, and Ecuador. We also found that as the pandemic progressed, excess mortality became more visible in areas with poorer socioeconomic and sanitary conditions. This excess mortality has reduced life expectancy across these countries by 2–10 years. Despite the lack of reliable information on COVID-19 mortality, excess mortality is a useful indicator for measuring the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the context of Latin American countries, where there is still a lack of good information on causes of death in their vital registration systems.
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author	Everton E. C. Lima Estevão A. Vilela Andrés Peralta Marília Rocha Bernardo L. Queiroz Marcos R. Gonzaga Mario Piscoya-Díaz Kevin Martinez-Folgar Víctor M. García-Guerrero Flávio H. M. A. Freire
author_facet	Everton E. C. Lima Estevão A. Vilela Andrés Peralta Marília Rocha Bernardo L. Queiroz Marcos R. Gonzaga Mario Piscoya-Díaz Kevin Martinez-Folgar Víctor M. García-Guerrero Flávio H. M. A. Freire
author_sort	Everton E. C. Lima
title	Investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries
title_short	Investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries
title_full	Investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries
title_fullStr	Investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries
title_sort	investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 covid-19 pandemic in selected latin american countries
publisher	SpringerOpen
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/1d7540623e7e4a40ac0fbcf43afca3de
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Investigating regional excess mortality during 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in selected Latin American countries

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