Publication date: Jun 27, 2025
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indigenous population in Mexico was subject to several factors that caused them to have a higher mortality risk than the non-Indigenous population. These risk factors included language barriers, poverty, comorbidities, inadequate access to health services, lack of social security, limited education, and substandard housing, inter alia. This study aims to determine the factors associated with COVID-19 mortality in the Indigenous population in Mexico. Cohort study. This study utilized data from the National Epidemiological Surveillance System for Viral Respiratory Disease (SISVER) collected during 2020 and 2021 to examine the population recognized as Indigenous. A total of 506,956 COVID-19 cases were reported, with 0. 75% identified as Indigenous. The logistic regression assessed the combined effect of Indigenous status and each risk factor. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) with or without interaction terms were reported. The identified risk factors were the following: age of > 60 years cD7 Indigenous (aOR 9. 19, CI 95% 6. 38-13. 2, p
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| 60yearsindigenous | COVID-19 |
| Education | Mortality |
| Mexico | Risk factors |
| Pandemic | Vulnerable populations |
| Viral |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| disease | MESH | language barriers |
| disease | MESH | access to health services |