Excess deaths from all causes and by COVID-19 in Brazil in 2020

• Main Authors: Alcione Miranda dos Santos (Author), Bruno Feres de Souza (Author), Carolina Abreu de Carvalho (Author), Marcos Adriano Garcia Campos (Author), Bruno Luciano Carneiro Alves de Oliveira (Author), Eduardo Moraes Diniz (Author), Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho Branco (Author), Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz (Author), Vitória Abreu de Carvalho (Author), Waleska Regina Machado Araújo (Author), Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the 2020 all-cause and COVID-19 excess mortality according to sex, age, race/color, and state, and to compare mortality rates by selected causes with that of the five previous years in Brazil. METHODS Data from the Mortality Information System were used. Expected death...