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Table 2 Distribution of COVID-19 hospitalizations across sociodemographic variables per inpatient care unit types. Brazil, February 2020 – December 2022

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

Variable

Public

SUS

(N=632,024)

Public non-SUS

(N=13,599)

Private

SUS

(N=70,175)

Private non-SUS

(N=346,035)

Philanthropic SUS

(N=475,456)

Philanthropic non-SUS

(N=78,139)

Total

(N=1,615,428)

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Age (years)

 18-39

91,299

14.5

954

7.0

10,543

15.0

56,805

16.4

65,340

13.7

11,304

14.5

236,245

14.6

 40-49

95,406

15.1

1,723

12.7

11,140

15.9

60,794

17.6

70,354

14.8

13,137

16.8

252,554

15.6

 50-59

126,816

20.1

2,627

19.3

13,829

19.7

65,028

18.8

95,250

20.0

15,143

19.4

318,693

19.7

 60-69

132,293

20.9

2,485

18.3

13,901

19.8

59,263

17.1

97,868

20.6

13,864

17.7

319,674

19.8

 70-79

107,563

17.0

2,984

21.9

11,696

16.7

51,763

15.0

81,569

17.2

12,187

15.6

267,762

16.6

 ≥ 80

78,647

12.4

2,826

20.8

9,066

12.9

52,382

15.1

65,075

13.7

12,504

16.0

220,500

13.7

Sex

 Female

284,233

45.0

5,558

40.9

30,948

44.1

149,920

43.3

215,948

45.4

32,895

42.1

719,502

44.5

 Male

347,707

55.0

8,039

59.1

39,222

55.9

196,102

56.7

259,480

54.6

45,239

57.9

895,789

55.5

Unknown

84

0.0

2

0.0

5

0.0

13

0.0

28

0.0

5

0.0

137

0.0

Race/color

 White

184,984

29.3

4,318

31.8

29,544

42.1

149,990

43.4

305,233

64.2

39,738

50.9

713,807

44.2

 Black

30,895

4.9

764

5.6

2,836

4.0

8,431

2.4

19,975

4.2

1,796

2.3

64,697

4.0

 Asian

6,969

1.1

102

0.7

687

1.0

3,538

1.0

3,321

0.7

750

1.0

15,367

1.0

 Mixed race

306,459

48.5

3,073

20.6

22,200

31.6

71,900

20.8

103,456

21.8

11,698

15.0

518,786

32.1

 Indigenous

1,624

0.3

20

0.2

98

0.1

206

0.1

545

0.1

35

0.0

2,528

0.2

 Unknown

101,093

16.0

5,322

39.1

14,810

21.1

111,970

32.4

42,926

9.0

24,122

30.9

300,243

18.6

Education

 No schooling

19,780

3.1

55

0.4

1,461

2.1

1,689

0.5

11,152

2.4

302

0.4

34,439

2.1

 Primary

65,074

10.3

567

4.2

4,889

7.0

13,389

3.9

66,513

14.0

2,702

3.5

153,134

9.5

 Lower secondary

44,230

7.0

571

4.2

6,221

8.9

12,684

3.7

43,479

9.1

2,355

3.0

109,540

6.8

 Upper secondary

63,612

10.1

3,077

22.6

8,535

12.2

44,049

12.7

63,328

13.3

7,614

9.7

190,215

11.8

 Tertiary

17,216

2.7

835

6.1

4,914

7.0

35,706

10.3

24,750

5.2

9,152

11.7

92,573

5.7

 Unknown

422,112

66.8

8,494

62.5

44,155

62.9

238,518

68.9

266,234

56.0

56,014

71.7

1,035,527

64.1

  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