Were the socio-economic determinants of municipalities relevant to the increment of COVID-19 related deaths in Brazil in 2020?
Júlio Cal SilvaLídia Santos SilvaJoão Paulo LimaMarcelo Ribeiro AlvesPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Excluding the effect of demographic structure and pandemic timing from mortality rates, the contribution of SES to explain differences in COVID-19-related mortality rates among municipalities in Brazil became very low. The impact of SES on COVID-19-related mortality may vary across levels of aggregation. Urban infrastructure, which includes mobility structures, more complex economic activities and connections, may have influenced the average municipal death rate.