TABLE 1: Demographic and medical characteristics of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the first 45 days of the epidemic. Ceará, Brazil, 2020.
| Variables | Notified | Confirmed | Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 16 874 | 45.3 | 3 666 | 46.8 | 592 | 58.1 |
| Female | 20 332 | 54.7 | 4 167 | 53.2 | 427 | 41.9 |
| Age group | ||||||
| < 1 year | 570 | 1.5 | 67 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1- 9 years | 1 274 | 3.4 | 93 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.3 |
| 10- 19 years | 1 097 | 2.9 | 134 | 1,7 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 20-59 years | 26 031 | 70.3 | 5 492 | 70.1 | 287 | 28.2 |
| 60-69 years | 3 727 | 10.1 | 945 | 12.1 | 188 | 18.4 |
| > 70 years | 4 313 | 11.7 | 1 091 | 13.9 | 539 | 52.9 |
| Needed hospitalization | ||||||
| Yes | 2 647 | 7.1 | 1 288 | 16.4 | 878 | 91.9 |
| No | 34 621 | 92.9 | 6 545 | 83.5 | 77 | 8.1 |
| Hospitalization in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) | ||||||
| Yes | 777 | 2,1 | 499 | 6.4 | 473 | 58.0 |
| No | 36 491 | 97.9 | 7 334 | 93.6 | 342 | 42.0 |