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<journal-id>2007-0705</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Nova scientia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Nova scientia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-0705</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de La Salle Bajío A. C., Coordinación de Investigación]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2007-07052021000300104</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21640/ns.v13ie.2850</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Causes of death among COVID-19 patients in Mexico City]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Causas de fallecimiento en pacientes con COVID-19 en la Ciudad de México]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González-Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Antonio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad De La Salle Bajío  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>spe</numero>
<fpage>0</fpage>
<lpage>0</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-07052021000300104&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-07052021000300104&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-07052021000300104&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: COVID-19 has caused millions of deaths around the world since its appearance in Wuhan, China in late 2019. It reached Mexico in early 2020 after it caused many casualties in western Europe. Mexico is now one of the countries with the largest death rate due to COVID-19. Mexico City is not only the largest city in Mexico, but one of the largest in the world. Fortunately, its data regarding COVID-19 patients is publicly available and can be analyzed to obtain information that may guide public policy and personal decisions.  Method: This work reports the findings of a descriptive study based on data retrieved July 28th, 2020 from the Mexico City government web page that reports suspected COVID-19 patients. Only confirmed cases were analyzed. To calculate the proportion of cases and deaths by age range in Mexico City, the population pyramid of Mexico City was used. To obtain the proportion of cases and deaths relative to population by age range, cases and deaths were adjusted to match those reported by CONACYT. Case and death frequency by gender, age range and previous health condition were calculated using a spreadsheet program. Tables and graphs were obtained using the same program.  Results and discussion: Age, gender and previous health conditions have an effect in death increase among confirmed COVID-19 patients, so that: older people have a higher mortality rate than younger people, males have a higher mortality rate than females and people with certain previous health conditions such as hypertension and diabetes have a higher mortality rate than people with no previous health conditions. Some examples are regarding the effect of age, COVID-19 patients 61 to 70 years old are twice as likely to die than those 51 to 60 years old; regarding the effect of gender, male patients 51 to 60 years old are more than twice as likely to die than female patients their same age and, regarding the effect of previous health conditions, female patients with hypertension are six times as likely to die than female patients with no previous health condition.  Conclusion: According to the information available and analyzed in this work, age, gender, and previous health condition are important causes for death rate among COVID-19 patients in Mexico City.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: El COVID-19 ha causado millones de fallecimientos en el Mundo desde su aparición en Wuhan, China a finales de 2019. Llegó a México a inicio de 2020 después de causar una gran mortandad en Europa occidental. México ha llegado a tener una de las mortalidades más altas del mundo y la Ciudad de México es no solamente la ciudad más grande del país, sino una de las más grandes del mundo. Afortunadamente la información sobre pacientes con COVID-19 en la Ciudad de México es pública y su análisis puede proporcionar información valiosa para establecer políticas públicas y para tomar decisiones personales. La evidencia disponible sobre los pacientes con COVID-19 en la Ciudad de México sugiere que tanto la edad, el género y las condiciones previas de salud tienen un efecto considerable en su tasa de mortalidad.  Método: En este trabajo se reportan los resultados de un estudio descriptivo basado en datos que se obtuvieron el 28 de julio de 2020 de un sitio público del Gobierno de la Ciudad de México que reporta información sobre los pacientes con sospecha de tener COVID-19. Solamente se analizaron los casos confirmados con COVID-19. Para calcular la proporción de casos y fallecimientos por rango de edad, se usó la pirámide poblacional de la Ciudad de México. Para obtener la proporción de casos y fallecimientos en relación con la población, se ajustaron los casos y fallecimientos con base en los reportados por CONACYT. Se calculó la frecuencia de casos y fallecimientos por rango de edad usando un programa de hoja de cálculo. Con el mismo programa se obtuvieron tablas y gráficas.  Resultados y Discusión: La edad, el género y las condiciones previas de salud tienen un efecto considerable en la tasa de mortalidad de aquellos pacientes confirmados con COVID-19, de manera que las personas mayores, los hombres y las personas con ciertas condiciones previas de salud, tales como hipertensión y diabetes, tienen mayor riesgo de muerte que las personas jóvenes, las mujeres y las personas sin condiciones previas de salud. Por mencionar algunos ejemplos, se muestra que respecto al efecto de la edad, los pacientes de 61 a 70 años tienen el doble de probabilidad de fallecer que aquellos de 51 a 60 años; respecto al efecto del género, los hombres de 51 y 60 años tienen el doble de probabilidad de morir que las mujeres en el mismo rango de edad y respecto al efecto de las condiciones previas de salud, las mujeres con hipertensión tienen una probabilidad de fallecer seis veces más alta que aquellas sin alguna condición previa de salud.  Conclusión: De acuerdo con la información disponible que fue analizada en este trabajo, la edad, el género y las condiciones de salud previas son causas importantes de fatalidad entre los pacientes de COVID-19 en la Ciudad de México.]]></p></abstract>
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