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Statistical analysis of diseases associated with mortality due to COVID-19 in a Hospital in Ecuador during the year 2020

Abstract:

Kn this study, a logistic regression model was implemented to analyze the associated factors with the death risk because of COVID-19, such as sex, age, presumptive diagnosis, and the viral contingency assignment to a viral contingency unit of patients a hospital in Ecuador. An exploratory analysis including a time series visualization was also made to determine the frequency of the deaths due to symptoms during the year 2020 in this hospital. For this study, 58536 deceased patients were analyzed, of which 319 patients died in the COVID-19 area of the hospital. The study concludes that a particular group of diseases categorized by the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) are more related to the death risk because of COVID-19, together with the dependency assignment, age, and sex of the patient.