Tendência temporal das taxas de incidência e de mortalidade por COVID-19 e sua relação com indicadores socioeconômicos no Piauí: estudo ecológico, 2020-2021 / Tendencia temporal de las tasas de incidencia y mortalidad por COVID-19 y su relación con indicadores socioeconómicos en el estado de Piauí, Brasil: estudio ecológico, 2020-2021 / Temporal trend of COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates and their relationship with socioeconomic indicators in the state of Piauí, Brazil: an ecological study, 2020-2021
Estudo ecológico de série temporal sobre casos/óbitos por COVID-19 em municípios do Piauí, Brasil, de março de 2020 a maio de 2021. Foram utilizados o modelo de regressão linear de Prais-Winsten e o teste de correlação de Spearman.
Estudio de serie temporal ecológica de casos/muertes por COVID-19 en municipios de Piauí, Brasil, entre marzo de 2020 y mayo de 2021. Se utilizaron el modelo de regresión lineal de Prais-Winsten y la prueba de correlación de Spearman.
To analyze the temporal trend of COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates and their relationship with socioeconomic indicators.
Methods:
This was an ecological time series study of COVID-19 cases/deaths in municipalities in Piauí, Brazil, between March, 2020 and May, 2021. Prais-Winsten linear regression model and Spearman's correlation test were used.
Results:
There were 271,228 cases and 5,888 deaths in the period. There was a rising trend in COVID-19 incidence rate, while the mortality trend was stable. The spatio-temporal analyses showed higher incidence/mortality in the second and fifth quarters of the period. There was no statistically significant correlation between COVID-19 and the Social Vulnerability Index (IVS). Significant correlations between the Municipal Human Development Index (IDHM) and COVID-19 incidence (p-value < 0.001) and mortality rates (p-value < 0.001) were found.
Conclusion:
There was a rising trend in COVID-19 incidence and stability in COVID-19 mortality. Correlation between the MHDI and these two indicators was moderate and weak, respectively, demanding public service management decisions aimed at improving the population's quality of life.