Title of article :
COVID-19 Pandemic in the World and its Relation to Human Development Index: A Global Study
Author/Authors :
Khazaei, Zaher Department of Epidemiology - School of Public Health - Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam , Mazaheri, Elaheh Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , Hasanpour-Dehkordi, Ali Social Determinants of Health Research Center - School of Allied Medical Scinces - Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord , Rahimi Pordanjani, Sajjad School of Public Health and Safety - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Naghibzadeh-Tahami, Ahmad Social Determinants of Health Research Center - Institute for Futures Studies in Health - Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman , Naemi, Hasan Iranian Research Center on Healthy Aging - Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar , Goodarzi, Elham Social Determinants of Health Research Center - Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad
Abstract :
Coronaviruses are a large family and a subset of Coronaviridae that include common cold viruses and other severe diseases like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV), and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is an ecological study based on statistics of the prevalence of coronavirus disease until 30 April 2020, based on the reports sent to the World Health Organization (WHO). This study investigates the distribution of the incidence and trend of the incidence rate of COVID-19 in countries, and its relation with the human development index (HDI) until 30 April 2020. The results showed that the most cases of coronavirus disease until the mentioned date were in the United States of America (1,003,947 cases), Spain (212,917 cases), Italy (203,591 cases), the United Kingdom (165,225 cases), and Germany (159,119 cases), in sequence. The results exhibited a significant positive correlation between the incidence of COVID-2019 and HDI in the world (r = 0.470, P < 0.0001).
Keywords :
COVID-19 , Pandemic , Human Development Index
Journal title :
Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases
