Table 1.
Distribution of COVID-19 deaths according to age, sex, race school attainment, place of death, month of death, ICD-10 code and hospital administration
| Variables | Number of deaths (%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| 0–19 | 80 (0.5) |
| 20–39 | 600 (3.8) |
| 40–59 | 2801 (17.5) |
| 60–74 | 5163 (32.3) |
| ≥75 | 7331 (45.9) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 10 670 (54.7) |
| Female | 8824 (45.3) |
| Unknown | 4 (0.0) |
| Race | |
| White | 11 946 (61.3) |
| Black | 1793 (9.2) |
| Asian | 444 (2.3) |
| Mixed | 4644 (23.8) |
| Indigenous | 13 (0.1) |
| Unknown | 658 (3.4) |
| School attainment (years) | |
| 0 (illiterate) | 1515 (7.8) |
| 1–7 | 9413 (48.3) |
| ≥8 | 6250 (32.0) |
| Unknown | 2320 (11.9) |
| Place of death | |
| Hospital | 18 253 (93.6) |
| Other health facilities | 447 (2.3) |
| Home | 709 (3.6) |
| Other places | 89 (0.5) |
| Month of death | |
| March | 511 (2.6) |
| April | 3529 (18.1) |
| May | 5000 (25.7) |
| June | 4061 (20.8) |
| July | 2929 (15.0) |
| August | 2268 (11.6) |
| September | 1200 (6.2) |
| ICD-10 code | |
| B34.2 (confirmed) | 13 801 (70.8) |
| U04.9 (suspect) | 5697 (29.2) |
| Type of hospital administrationa | |
| Public/state government | 5144 (29.3) |
| Public/city government | 5196 (29.6) |
| Private/non-profit | 7210 (41.1) |
a
Only for deaths that occurred in hospitals/other health facilities located in São Paulo city (n = 17 550).
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Following guidance from the Ministry of Health of March 2020, code U04.9 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome, unspecified) was used as a marker for suspected cases of COVID-19 and code B34.2 (Coronavirus infection, unspecified site) was used for confirmed cases of the disease (SARS-CoV-2 detected by RT-PCR).