Table 1.

Number of hospital deaths by cause of admission in public hospitals in Brazil in 2019 and 2020.

	2019						2020
Cause	Circulatory system diseases	Infectious diseases	Respiratory system diseases	Cancer (neoplasms)	Other causes	Total	COVID-19	Circulatory system diseases	Respiratory system diseases	Infectious diseases	Cancer (neoplasms)	Other causes	Total
Sex
Female	50,674	51,017	50,643	36,142	89,532	278,008	68,323	49,083	49,263	45,044	33,818	86,775	332,306
Male	47,193	46,825	46,942	35,408	68,310	244,678	50,556	44,652	41,772	40,786	33,990	65,693	277,449
Age range (years)
0–19	983	3719	3055	1396	17,896	27,049	754	912	2072	2898	1272	17,257	25,165
20–39	3154	6094	3669	4200	13,551	30,668	5020	3320	4034	5519	3993	13,924	35,810
40–59	18,013	18,067	13,270	20,963	31,812	102,125	23,633	17,859	13,673	16,614	20,147	31,639	123,565
60–79	48,721	41,644	40,295	36,155	59,059	225,874	59,728	46,494	39,253	36,985	34,258	56,520	273,238
≥80	26,996	28,318	37,296	8836	35,524	136,970	29,744	25,150	32,003	23,814	8138	33,128	151,977
Ethnicity
Black	4574	5268	3985	3704	7227	24,758	6905	4746	4998	4980	3977	7545	33,151
Brown	32,596	31,469	29,539	24,663	55,339	173,606	40,401	31,336	28,300	28,180	23,082	53,213	204,512
Native Brazilian	78	121	200	42	255	696	243	62	186	113	38	269	911
White	35,351	35,340	39,696	30,795	54,616	195,798	37,435	33,887	35,167	31,028	29,425	52,363	219,305
Yellow	2112	2504	2224	1046	3255	11,141	3968	2029	2204	2113	1026	3436	14,776
Not informed	23,156	23,140	21,941	11,300	37,150	116,687	29,927	21,675	20,180	19,416	10,260	35,642	137,100
Length of stay (days)
≤7	64,998	53,658	61,475	43,874	102,199	326,204	60,051	63,440	59,117	48,174	43,185	100,637	374,604
7–14	17,550	22,034	19,814	14,686	29,235	103,319	32,204	16,495	17,859	19,100	13,884	27,729	127,271
>14	15,319	22,150	16,296	12,990	26,408	93,163	26,624	13,800	14,059	18,556	10,739	24,102	107,880
ICU admission
No	61,832	58,812	70,708	57,661	98,519	347,532	50,694	57,395	63,190	49,880	54,346	92,573	368,078
Yes	36,035	39,030	26,877	13,889	59,323	175,154	68,185	36,340	27,845	35,950	13,462	59,895	241,677
Region
Midwest	7525	4512	6383	4534	10,020	32,974	8841	7485	5834	3841	4445	9669	40,115
Northeast	23,530	22,679	22,436	14,115	39,851	122,611	30,534	21,597	19,384	19,032	13,086	38,412	142,045
North	5138	4529	5365	3182	9698	27,912	10,374	4761	5414	4480	3280	9512	37,821
Southeast	44,636	48,809	43,352	34,925	72,821	244,543	53,192	43,318	43,166	42,794	32,591	69,759	284,820
South	17,038	17,313	20,049	14,794	25,452	94,646	15,938	16,574	17,237	15,683	14,406	25,116	104,954
Total	97,867	97,842	97,585	71,550	157,842	522,686	118,879	93,735	91,035	85,830	67,808	152,468	609,755

ICU, intensive care unit.

aExcluding coronavírus disease 2019.