Relação entre indicadores socioeconômicos e a incidência e mortalidade por Covid-19 na população negra do estado de São Paulo

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the incidence and mortality coefficients of Covid-19 in black and brown people in the state of São Paulo and socioeconomic indicators. This is an ecological study carried out from February 2020

to February 2022 in the state of São Paulo, considering the reported cases of Covid- 19 in black and brown people of all age groups, sex and schooling. The data related to

Covid-19 was collected from the official websites of the State Data Analysis System Foundation, OpenDataSUS and DATASUS and the data relating to the HDI, income and schooling variables was obtained from the official IBGE website. Initially, a descriptive analysis of the data was carried out, then the Bivariate Global Moran's index was calculated and the formation of clusters was analyzed. During the study period, the Administrative Region (AR) of Registro recorded the highest incidence rate of Covid-19 cases among black and brown people, 5569/100,000 inhabitants, and the highest mortality rate was recorded in the AR of Santos, 379.4/100,000 inhabitants. A weak positive spatial correlation was found between Covid-19 incidence and mortality among black and brown people and the HDI, median income and a positive spatial correlation between black and brown people who had completed high school. Thus, it was concluded that there was a spatial correlation between Covid-19 incidence among black and brown people and socioeconomic indicators in the RAs of the state of São Paulo; as well as a correlation between Covid-19 mortality in this population group and socioeconomic indicators in the state of São Paulo.