Author:

• Adryelle Katheline D\'Elia de Moura - Moura, A. K. D - <adryelle.moura@eaportal.org>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0061-0041

Co-author(s):

• Glenio Alves de Freitas - Freitas, G. A. - <glenioa2000@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9818-6090
• Renata Palópoli Pícoli - PícolI, R. P. - <renata.picoli@fiocruz.br, renata.picoli@anhanguera.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-6832

Abstract:

The objective of this article is to analyze the association between sociodemographic and hospitalization characteristics with the outcome of indigenous and non-indigenous pregnant and postpartum women and factors associated with deaths among indigenous women hospitalized for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) due to COVID-19 in Brazil. This is a cross-sectional and analytical study, with secondary data of pregnant and postpartum women of reproductive age, classified into race/skin color (indigenous and non-indigenous), extractedthe Obstetric Observatory, which uses datathe Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance Information System. The variables with the outcome were analyzed using the chi-square test or Fisher\'s exact test and logistic regression was performed for the factors associated with the death of indigenous people. The highest proportion of deaths occurred among non-indigenous women who were in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy (99.7%), lived in urban/peri-urban areas (99.8%) and in the South/Southeast (99.8%) and Northeast (99.5%) regions. Indigenous people who lived in rural areas and in the North and Midwest regions increase the chances of death when compared to indigenous people in the urban area and in the South/Southeast regions. The pandemic has sharpened and deepened social and ethnic-racial inequalities in Brazil.

Keywords:

Health of indigenous populations, Pregnant women, Postpartum Period, COVID-19

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