Table 3.
Sociodemographic characteristics of COVID-19 decedents.
| 2015–2019 |
2020 & 2021 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | COVID-19 | Remaining causes | ||||
| Sex | Deaths | % | Deaths | % | Deaths | % |
| Men | 1,892,945 | 55·6 | 272,488 | 62 | 981,546 | 56·6 |
| Women | 1,506,104 | 44·2 | 167,003 | 38 | 751,751 | 43·3 |
| Not specified | 6170 | 0·19 | 94 | 0 | 1600 | 0·0 |
| Age group | ||||||
| 65 and over | 1,947,850 | 57·1 | 214,149 | 48·7 | 1,012,895 | 58·4 |
| 45–64 | 823,580 | 24·2 | 176,846 | 40·2 | 443,437 | 25·6 |
| 20–44 | 439,941 | 12·9 | 46,982 | 10·7 | 208,875 | 12·0 |
| Less than 20 | 199,454 | 5·9 | 1608 | 0·4 | 69,690 | 4·0 |
| Education | ||||||
| Not specified | 2,311,433 | 67·8 | 55,516 | 12·6 | 371,236 | 21·4 |
| Incomplete high school or less | 199,104 | 5·8 | 114,244 | 26 | 265,616 | 15·3 |
| Completed high school or higher | 900,288 | 26·4 | 269,825 | 61·4 | 1,098,045 | 63·3 |
| Currently employed | ||||||
| Yes | 254,421 | 7·5 | 151,815 | 34·5 | 345,264 | 19·8 |
| No | 949,327 | 27·8 | 253,162 | 57·6 | 1,214,994 | 69·8 |
| Not specified | 2,207,150 | 64·7 | 34,608 | 7·9 | 181,286 | 10·4 |
| Place of death | ||||||
| Medical units | 1,538,341 | 45·1 | 364,693 | 82·9 | 568,684 | 32·8 |
| Household | 1,534,991 | 0·4 | 63,595 | 14·4 | 971,403 | 56·0 |
| Public Road | 151,927 | 4·5 | 764 | 0·2 | 65,149 | 3·8 |
| Not specified | 185,566 | 5·4 | 10,533 | 2·4 | 129,661 | 7·5 |
| Diabetes | ||||||
| Medical units | 217,312 | 43 | 364,693 | 83 | 69,550 | 23·3 |
| Household | 267,834 | 52·9 | 63,595 | 14·5 | 206,986 | 69·3 |
| Public Road | 1783 | 0·4 | 764 | 0·2 | 1086 | 0·4 |
| Not specified | 19,000 | 3·8 | 10,533 | 2·4 | 21,043 | 7·0 |
| Ischaemic heart diseases | ||||||
| Medical units | 119,390 | 24·4 | 364,693 | 83 | 42,987 | 13·0 |
| Household | 330,629 | 67·5 | 63,595 | 14·5 | 255,649 | 77·4 |
| Public Road | 8892 | 1·8 | 764 | 0·2 | 4037 | 1·2 |
| Not specified | 30,808 | 6·3 | 10,533 | 2·4 | 27,799 | 8·4 |
| Received medical care | ||||||
| No | 486,335 | 14·3 | 8202 | 1·9 | 250,457 | 14·4 |
| Yes | 2,726,993 | 80·0 | 418,673 | 95·2 | 1,393,471 | 80·3 |
| Not specified | 197,497 | 5·8 | 12,710 | 2·9 | 90,969 | 5·2 |
Source: Prepared by the authors on information from the Epidemiological and Statistical Subsystem of Deaths (SEED), 2020–2021.