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Table 1 Incidence, mortality, and case fatality rate of COVID-19, according to population size, Municipal Human Development Index and Social Vulnerability Index. Brazil, 2020

From: Human development, social vulnerability and COVID-19 in Brazil: a study of the social determinants of health

Population size

No. of municipalities

No. of cases

No. of deaths

Resident population

Incidence rate/100 000

Mortality rate/1 million

CFR1 (%)

≤ 10 000 inhabitants

482

1296

77

2 824 212

45.89

27.26

5.94

10 001 to 20 000

580

2568

175

8 549 277

30.04

20.47

6.81

20 001 to 50 000

783

7075

390

24 491 464

28.89

15.92

5.51

50 001 to 100 000

328

6988

411

22 642 923

30.86

18.15

5.88

>  100 000

323

107 259

7399

120 576 849

88.95

61.36

6.90

MHDI2

 Very low (0–0.499)

18

289

9

489 795

59.00

36.75

3.11

 Low (0.500–0.599)

588

4031

301

13 623 241

29.59

22.01

7.47

 Medium (0.600–0.699)

830

13 021

832

31 335 083

41.55

26.55

6.39

 High (0.700–0.799)

1.016

72 544

4891

100 556 389

72.14

48.63

6.74

 Very high (0.800–1)

44

35 301

2419

33 080 217

106.71

73.12

6.85

SVI3

 Very low (0–0.200)

350

7428

362

20 782 329

35.74

17.42

4.87

 Low (0.200–0.300)

703

54 736

3722

79 129 666

69.17

47.04

6.80

 Medium (0.300–0.400)

485

49 528

3413

49 839 712

99.37

68.48

6.89

 High (0.400–0.500)

534

8530

628

17 423 869

48.96

36.04

7.36

 Very high (0.500–1)

424

4964

327

11 909 149

41.68

27.46

6.59

Total

2496

125 186

8452

179 084 725

69.90

47.20

6.75

  1. aData from May 6, 2020. 1CFR Case Fatality Rate, 2MHDI Municipal Human Development Index, 3SVI Social Vulnerability Index