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Table 1 COVID-19 adult hospitalizations and inpatient mortality per inpatient care unit categories. Brazil and macro-regions of the country, February 2020 – December 2022

From: COVID-19 inpatient mortality in Brazil from 2020 to 2022: a cross-sectional overview study based on secondary data

Region/ inpatient care unit category

Units

Discharges

Inpatient mortality (%)

N

%

Proportion

STD

95% CI

Brazil

 Total

2,290

1,615,428

100.0

32.1

46.7

32.0; 32.1

 Public SUS

876

632,024

39.1

37.5

48.4

37.3; 37.6

 Public non-SUS

23

13,599

0.8

32.2

46.7

31.4; 33.0

 Private SUS

106

70,175

4.3

32.0

46.6

31.6; 32.3

 Private non-SUS

462

346,035

21.4

24.6

43.1

24.4; 24.7

 Philanthropic SUS

738

475,456

29.4

32.1

46.7

32.0; 32.3

 Philanthropic non-SUS

85

78,139

4.8

21.3

41.0

21.1; 21.6

North

 Total

189

99,365

100.0

36.1

48.0

35.8; 36.4

 Public SUS

138

78,388

78.9

35.4

47.8

35.1; 35.8

 Public non-SUS

1

508

0.5

24.6

43.1

20.8; 28.4

 Private SUS

11

3,151

3.2

39.7

48.9

38.0; 41.4

 Private non-SUS

21

8,447

8.5

45.9

49.8

44.8; 46.9

 Philanthropic SUS

11

4,735

4.8

33.7

47.3

32.4; 35.1

 Philanthropic non-SUS

7

4,136

4.2

30.1

45.9

28.7; 31.5

Northeast

 Total

427

247,242

100.0

36.7

48.2

36.4; 36.8

 Public SUS

250

148,839

60.2

40.6

49.1

40.3; 40.8

 Public non-SUS

5

1,058

0.4

35.0

47.7

32.1; 37.8

 Private SUS

32

12,761

5.2

36.6

48.2

35.7; 37.4

 Private non-SUS

72

50,965

20.6

27.0

44.4

26.6; 27.4

 Philanthropic SUS

63

29,981

12.1

33.7

47.3

33.1; 34.2

 Philanthropic non-SUS

5

3,638

1.5

32.9

47.0

31.4; 34.4

Southeast

 Total

1056

803,598

100.0

31.6

46.5

31.5; 31.7

 Public SUS

329

253,990

31.6

39.9

49.0

39.7; 40.1

 Public non-SUS

12

9,613

1.2

34.2

47.4

33.3; 35.2

 Private SUS

18

13,711

1.7

28.5

45.1

27.7; 29.2

 Private non-SUS

270

217,564

27.1

24.2

42.8

24.0; 24.4

 Philanthropic SUS

374

256,557

31.9

32.3

46.8

32.1; 32.5

 Philanthropic non-SUS

53

52,163

6.5

19.2

39.4

18.8; 19.5

South

 Total

398

301,996

100.0

30.0

45.8

29.8; 30.1

 Public SUS

67

68,235

22.6

31.6

46.5

31.2; 31.9

 Public non-SUS

3

928

0.3

30.5

46.1

27.5; 33.5

 Private SUS

15

18,445

6.1

34.4

47.5

33.7; 35.0

 Private non-SUS

46

34,069

11.3

20.0

40.0

19.6; 20.5

 Philanthropic SUS

255

165,912

54.9

31.4

46.4

31.2; 31.6

 Philanthropic non-SUS

12

14,407

4.8

23.9

42.7

23.2; 24.6

Midwest

 Total

220

163,227

100.0

29.0

45.3

28.7; 29.2

 Public SUS

92

82,572

50.6

31.2

46.3

30.9; 31.5

 Public non-SUS

2

1,492

0.9

20.9

40.7

18.8; 23.0

 Private SUS

30

22,107

13.5

28.4

45.1

27.8; 29.0

 Private non-SUS

53

34,990

21.4

22.8

41.9

22.3; 23.2

 Philanthropic SUS

35

18,271

11.2

33.9

47.3

33.2; 34.6

 Philanthropic non-SUS

8

3,795

2.3

20.9

40.7

19.6; 22.2

  1. Source: SIVEP Gripe - Sistema de Informação de Vigilância Epidemiológica da Gripe
  2. The study excluded inpatient care units with less than 100 COVID-19 hospitalizations in the period