Sex differences in the incidence, mortality, and fatality of COVID-19 in Peru

by Max Carlos Ram írez-Soto, Hugo Arroyo-Hernández, Gutia Ortega-Cáceres BackgroundThere is a worrying lack of epidemiological data on the sex differential in COVID-19 infection and death rates between the regions of Peru. MethodsUsing cases and death data from the national population-based surveillance system of Peru, we estimated incidence, mortality and fatality, stratified by sex, age and geographic distribution (per 100,000 habitants) from March 16 to November 27, 2020. At the same time, we calculated the risk of COVID-19 death. ResultsDuring the study period, 961894 cases and 35913 deaths were reported in Peru. Men had a twofold higher risk of COVID-19 death within the overall population of Peru (odds ratio (OR), 2.11; confidence interval (CI) 95%; 2.06 –2.16;p
Source: PLoS One - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research