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

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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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-11-01
Series:Genus
Subjects:
COVID-19
Pandemic
Excess mortality
Latin America
Subnational areas
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00139-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00139-1

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