Cícera Maria Alencar do Nascimento|Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza|Lucas Emanuel De Oliveira Silva|Wedja de Oliveira Silva|Nicolas Amaro Barbosa|Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo|Esdras de Lima Andrade|Sérgio Henrique Teixeira|Thiago José Matos Rocha
COVID-19 risk areas associated with social vulnerability in northeastern Brazil: an ecological study in 2020
Centro Universitário Cesmac|Universidade Federal de Alagoas|Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas|Universidade Federal de Alagoas|Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas|Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco|Universidade Federal de Alagoas|Instituto Federal do Sul de Minas|Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas
covid19 major public health concern century causative agent sarscov2 highly contagious spreads continuously across territories spatial analysis enormous importance process understanding disease transmission mechanisms aimed identify risk areas covid19 analyze association social vulnerability macei alagoas study conducted 2020this ecological study evaluate incidence mortality case fatality rate covid19 relationship 12 indicators human development social vulnerability multivariate spatial statistics applied 95 confidence interval 5 confidence level consideredthe spatial scan statistic revealed existence six highrisk clusters incidence covid19 regression model showed social indicators literacy people residents private households households four residents resident brown population associated covid19 transmission maceial disease affected localities whose populations exposed context intense socioeconomic vulnerabilitybased results necessary adopt measures take account social determinants health order minimize damage caused pandemic