Table 2.

Increases in cases and deaths from SARI by race/skin colour, level of education, comorbidities and the gestational and post-partum periods, Brazil 2013–2020

	Cases					Deaths
	Pre-pandemic		FYPa			Pre-pandemic		FYPa
SARI	Cases (mean)	%	Cases	%	Excess cases	Deaths (mean)	%	Deaths	%	Excess deaths
General	26 499	100.00	451 553	100.00	425 054	2795	100.00	112 477	100.00	109 682
Declared race/colourb
White	13 623	51.41	166 358	36.84	152 735	1486	53.14	39 937	35.51	38 451
Black	1043	3.94	21 536	4.77	20 493	130	4.67	5801	5.16	5671
Yellow	163	0.62	4855	1.08	4692	22	0.80	1324	1.18	1302
Mixed race (pardo)	7268	27.43	164 469	36.42	157 201	787	28.15	44 030	39.15	43 243
Indigenous	186	0.70	1595	0.35	1409	16	0.57	504	0.45	488
Ignored/blank	4216	15.91	92 740	20.54	88 524	354	12.67	20 881	18.56	20 527
Educationb
Uneducated/illiterate	561	2.12	14 474	3.21	13 913	97	3.48	5270	4.69	5173
Elementary or fundamental 1	3237	12.21	46 124	10.21	42 887	577	20.64	14 918	13.26	14 341
Elementary 2	280	1.06	30 497	6.75	30 217	53	1.90	8584	7.63	8531
High school	2440	9.21	50 950	11.28	48 510	336	12.02	10 417	9.26	10 081
Higher education	1084	4.09	23 664	5.24	22 580	116	4.15	3952	3.51	3836
Not applicable	12 748	48.11	14 112	3.13	1364	380	13.60	504	0.45	124
Ignored/blank	6149	23.21	271 732	60.18	265 583	1236	44.20	68 832	61.20	67 596
Presenting at least one comorbidityb
Hearth disease	2587	32.75	141 107	59.60	138 520	591	41.24	47 071	63.70	46 480
Chronic hematologic disease	55	0.69	3810	1.61	3755	11	0.76	1245	1.68	1234
Down syndrome	332	4.20	1582	0.67	1250	46	3.19	447	0.60	401
Chronic liver disease	194	2.45	3902	1.65	3708	55	3.85	1514	2.05	1459
Asthma	322	4.08	17 921	7.57	17 599	23	1.61	2824	3.82	2801
Diabetics	1626	20.58	101 571	42.90	99 945	406	28.32	35 292	47.76	34 886
Chronic neurological disease	1224	15.50	19 567	8.26	18 343	209	14.60	7733	10.46	7524
Lung disease	3170	40.12	20 953	8.85	17 783	459	32.05	7400	10.01	6941
Immunosuppression	1128	14.28	13 787	5.82	12 659	277	19.36	4603	6.23	4326
Chronic kidney disease	576	7.29	15 913	6.72	15 337	139	9.69	6928	9.37	6789
Obesity	735	9.30	24 845	10.49	24 110	194	13.52	7199	9.74	7005
Pregnancyb
1st gestational trimester	114	17.26	404	11.98	290	6	17.87	9	5.20	3
2nd gestational trimester	263	39.74	1079	31.99	816	13	39.15	59	34.10	46
3rd gestational trimester	270	40.80	1656	49.10	1386	13	39.15	96	55.49	83
Unknown gestational age	15	2.20	234	6.94	219	1	3.83	9	5.20	8
Post-partumb
Yes	123	0.47	1110	0.25	987	14	0.51	164	0.15	150
No	22 021	83.10	177 612	39.33	155 591	2423	86.67	52 739	46.89	50 316
Ignored/blank	4355	16.43	272 831	60.42	268 476	358	12.82	59 574	52.97	59 216

^aFirst year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

^bThe differences expressed for case and death increments were statistically significant (p<0.001).