Excess deaths among adults in the state of Santa Catarina: an ecological study during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil, 2020-2021

• Main Authors: Rebeca Heyse Holzbach (Author), Gabriel Resun Gomes da Silva (Author), Jean Carlos Bianchi (Author), Danúbia Hillesheim (Author), Fabrício Augusto Menegon (Author), Ana Luiza de Lima Curi Hallal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ministério da Saúde do Brasil, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective: to estimate excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Santa Catarina and its macro-regions, Brazil, 2020-2021. Methods: this was an ecological study, using data from the Mortality Information System; excess deaths in adults were calculated by the difference betwe...