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  • BACKGROUND: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic compounds Mexico’s pre-existing challenges: very high levels of both non-communicable diseases (NCD) and social inequity. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Using data from national reporting of SARS-CoV-2 tested individuals, we estimated odds of hospitalization, intubation, and death based on pre-existing non-communicable diseases and socioeconomic indicators. We found that obesity, diabetes, and hypertension are positively associated with the three outcomes in a synergistic manner. The municipal poverty level is also positively associated with hospitalization and death. CONCLUSIONS: Mexico’s response to COVID-19 is complicated by a synergistic double challenge: raging NCDs and extreme social inequity. The response to the current pandemic must take both into account both to be effective and to ensure that the burden of COVID-19 not falls disproportionately on those who are already disadvantaged.
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  • 10.1371/journal.pone.0240394
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?:journal
  • PLoS_One
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  • cc-by
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/a9f74b0df116d55ec8b8014556656cbd071aefd4.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7544063.xml.json
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?:pmid
?:pmid
  • 33031467.0
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?:source
  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • Non-communicable diseases and inequalities increase risk of death among COVID-19 patients in Mexico
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?:year
  • 2020-10-08

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