COVID-19 Pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A Social Inequality Report
<i>Background and Objectives</i>: To perform a retrospective report on the lethality of COVID-19 in different realities in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ). <i>Materials and Methods</i>: We accomplished an observational study by collecting the data about total confirmed cases...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Medicina |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/6/596 |
| Summary: | <i>Background and Objectives</i>: To perform a retrospective report on the lethality of COVID-19 in different realities in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ). <i>Materials and Methods</i>: 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. <i>Results</i>: 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. <i>Conclusions</i>: The social mitigation measures adopted in RJ have benefited only smaller portions of the population, excluding needy communities. |
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| ISSN: | 1010-660X 1648-9144 |