Is there an association between COVID-19 mortality and Human development index? The case study of Nigeria and some selected countries

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Michael Olusesan Awoleye¹  Temitope Olumuyiwa Ojo²  Tajudin Adesegun Adetunji³  Sanyaolu Alani Ameye⁴ 

[1] African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation, Obafemi Awolowo University;

[2] Department of Community Health, Obafemi Awolowo University;

[3] Department of Internal Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex;

[4] Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Obafemi Awolowo University;

关键词: COVID-19;    Nigeria;    Case Fatality Rate;    Metrics;    Human Development Index;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13104-022-06070-8

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Objectives We assessed Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of COVID-19 as an indicator to situate the performance of Nigeria relative to other selected countries. We obtained case fatality rates of different countries from data sets available from open-sources. The CFRs were calculated as the rate of deaths compared with total cases. The values were compared with Nigeria’s COVID-19 CFR. Other relevant statistical comparisons were also conducted. Results The worst performing countries with regards to CFR in descending order were Yemen (19.5%), Peru (9.0%) Mexico (7.6%), Sudan (7.4%) and Ecuador (6.3%) while the best performing nations were Bhutan (0.11%), Burundi (0.19%), Iceland (0.20%), Laos (0.21%) and Qatar (0.25%). The CFR of Nigeria was 1.39% which falls below the 50th percentile. Other comparison done showed significant difference in the CFR values between countries similar to Nigeria and countries that are dissimilar when HDI is used. (Mann–Whitney U test 126.0, p = 0.01). The trend of the CFR in Nigeria showed a steady decline and flattening of the CFR curve which does not seem to be affected by the spikes in the daily declared cases.

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