Assessment of correlation between incidence, hospitalization and mortality by COVID-19 with the Municipal Human Development Index-IDHM in a health macro-region of Minas Gerais

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira Júnior, Cláudio Luiz
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Cruz, Cleya da Silva Santana, Jesus, Kesley Duarte de, Carvalho , Carolina di Pietro, Neves, Kelly da Rocha
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/25351
• topic: COVID-19; Índice de desenvolvimento humano; Renda; Mortalidade; Incidência.; COVID-19; Índice de desarrollo humano; Ingreso; Mortalidad; Incidencia.; Human Development Index; Income; Mortality; COVID-19; Incidence.

The incidence of COVID-19 was heterogeneous in countries, states and municipalities, given the peculiarities of each nation, as well as the responses of their health services at regional and local levels. The objective of this work was to verify the correlation between the Municipal Human Development Index (MHDI) and its sub-indices (income, education and longevity) and the incidence, mortality and hospitalization rates in a health macro-region with 31 municipalities. Data were extracted from open online databases, made available by the Ministry of Health of Brazil and the State Health Department of Minas Gerais (SES-MG). After applying the normality test on rates and MHDI, Spearman's correlation test was performed, at a significance level of 5%. A positive, moderate and significant correlation was observed between HDI/HDI income with incidence rate and mortality rate, showing that the increase in HDI was associated with the incidence of COVID-19and also mortality. The main hypothesis formulated was that municipalities with higher HDI can favor a greater circulation of people, goods and services, which directly impact the dynamics of virus dissemination. It is expected that more work can be carried out to seek correlation between socioeconomic indicators, incidence and mortality of COVID-19, strengthening and directing surveillance processes at various levels of health.