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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana

English Title

Estimate of the excess of the total deaths reported in 2020 versus the reported deaths from COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2) in Peru during the months of March, April and May 2020.

Abstract

Métodos: Comparamos la brecha entre el Sistema Nacional de Muertes (SINADEF) con las muertes oficiales reportadas por COVID -19 del 1 de marzo al 31 de mayo de 2020; Se excluyeron las muertes violentas (homicidio, suicidio, accidente de tráfico; otros accidentes y muertes desconocidas). Para estimar la línea base de muertes se utilizó una regresión lineal estacional, del 1 de enero de 2017 al 31 de diciembre de 2019 con un intervalo de confianza del 95%. Las muertes reportadas en el Sistema Nacional de Muertes se compararon con las muertes iniciales. El exceso de muertes reportadas se estimó mediante el "método de diferencia simple". Resultados: Los resultados de la investigación mostraron que el exceso de muertes totales, del 1 de marzo al 31 de mayo de 2020, es 2,24 veces mayor que el número oficial de muertes reportadas por COVID-19. Conclusiones: Las diferencias encontradas pueden estar asociadas directamente con una muerte no registrada por COVID-19 y otras causas generales de muerte relacionadas con fallas en nuestra Sistema de Salud Pública durante el período de la pandemia.

English Abstract

Methods: We compared the gap between the National Death System (SINADEF) with the oficial reported deaths from COVID -19 from march 1st to may 31th, 2020; Violent deaths (homicide, suicide, traffic accident; other accidents and unknown deaths) were excluded. To estimate the deaths baseline was used a seasonal linear regression, from January 1st, 2017 to December 31th, 2019 with a 95% confidence intervals. The deaths reported in the National Death System was compared with the baseline deaths. The excess of deaths reported was estimated by “Simple Difference method”. Results: The research outcomes showed that the excess of total deaths, from 1st March to 31th may, 2020 is 2.24 times greater than the oficial number of deaths reported by COVID-19. Conclusions: The finded differences may be associated directly with a unregistered deaths by COVID-19 and another general death causes related with failures in our Public Health Sistem during the Pandemic period.

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