Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characterisation of individuals with COVID-19, Alagoas, Brazil, 2020
| Variable | Outcome | Total 59 695 (100.0%) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths 1602 (2.7%) | Survivors 58 093 (97.3%) | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 919 (57.4%) | 25 689 (44.2%) | 26 608 (44.6%) | <0.0001a |
| Female | 683 (42.6%) | 32 404 (55.8%) | 33 087 (55.4%) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Yellow | 65 (4.1%) | 2019 (3.5%) | 2084 (3.5%) | <0.0001b |
| White | 161 (10.0%) | 9498 (16.3%) | 9659 (16.2%) | |
| Indigenous | 1 (0.1%) | 200 (0.3%) | 201 (0.3%) | |
| Brown | 914 (57.1%) | 36 941 (63.6%) | 37 855 (63.4%) | |
| Black | 128 (8.0% | 2628 (4.5%) | 2756 (4.6%) | |
| Not reported | 333 (20.8%) | 6807 (11.7%) | 7140 (12.0%) | |
| Age | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 69 (20) | 40 (22) | 41 (22) | <0.0001c |
| ⩽18 | 17 (1.1%) | 3345 (5.8%) | 3362 (5.6%) | <0.0001a |
| 19–44 | 131 (8.2%) | 31 483 (54.2%) | 31 614 (53.0%) | |
| 44–59 | 283 (17.7%) | 14 629 (25.2%) | 14 912 (25.0%) | |
| ⩾ 60 | 1171 (73.1%) | 8636 (14.9%) | 9807 (16.4%) | |
| Initial symptoms reported | ||||
| Fever | 757 (47.3%) | 30 524 (52.5%) | 31 281 (52.4%) | <0.0001a |
| Cough | 821 (51.2%) | 32 101 (53.3%) | 32 922 (55.2%) | 0.002a |
| Headache | 128 (8.0%) | 18 857 (32.5%) | 18 985 (31.8%) | <0.0001a |
| Dyspnoea | 210 (13.1%) | 2655 (4.6%) | 2865 (4.8%) | <0.0001a |
| Myalgia | 82 (5.1%) | 7056 (12.1%) | 7138 (12.0%) | <0.0001a |
| Odynophagia | 26 (1.6%) | 5391 (9.3%) | 5417 (9.1%) | <0.0001a |
| Diarrhoea | 30 (1.9%) | 1058 (1.8%) | 1088 (1.8%) | 0.861a |
a
Fisher's exact test.
b
Chi-squared test.
c
Mann–Whitney test.