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.
【초록키워드】 COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, pandemic, Hospitalization, SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, obesity, intubation, diabetes, outcome, hypertension, death, Non-communicable disease, Compound, National, effective, synergistic, extreme, tested, individuals, 【제목키워드】 disease, COVID-19 patient, risk of death,