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Published on: July 10, 2017
Covid-19 mortality in children and adolescents in Mexico
Dalia Stern1, Eduardo Arias-de la Garza2, María Teresa García-Romero3
1Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Mexico/Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Conacyt). Mexico City, Mexico. dalia.stern@insp.mx.
Objective:
To estimate Covid-19 and pre-pandemic low respiratory infection (LRI) mortality in children and adolescents in Mexico.
Materials And Methods:
We estimated the percentage of total mortality attributable to Covid-19 (95% confidence intervals; 95%CI) and made the corresponding estimates for pre-pandemic LRI mortality.
Results:
In 2019, LRIs represented 8.6% (95%CI 8.3, 8.9) of deaths in children aged 0-9 years, and 2.0% (95%CI 1.8, 2.3) in those aged 10-19 years. In 2020, the corresponding estimates for Covid-19 were 4.4% (95%CI 4.1, 4.6) and 3.7% (95%CI 3.4, 4.1).
Conclusions:
Relative to LRI, Covid-19 may be exerting a considerable mortality burden, particularly in older children and adolescents.
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