Regional Covid-19 Mortality in Brazil by Age

Abstract

In this study, we introduce a ternary colour coding to visualize and compare the age structure of deaths by COVID-19 (until 06/30/2020) in Brazilian small-areas using the tricolore package in R. The analysis of age profile is important to better understand the dynamics of the pandemic and how it affects the population according to age groups (0-19, 20-59, and >60 years) and regions of the country. The results highlight the importance of looking at the small-areas and show that there are many pandemics going on in Brazil at the same time, instead of a single one. The pandemic is increasing in the interior of the country, but we still observed several cases and deaths in the major cities and, as of today, very few signs of reduction in the spread of the disease. We also show that the number of cases is more concentrated in females, but deaths are prevalent among men. The CFR for males is greater than the ones for females, but also mortality for young adult males is greater when compared with other countries.