Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022
Dispatch
Use of Private Sector Workforce Respiratory Disease Short-Term Disability Claims to Assess SARS-CoV-2, Mexico, 2020
Table
Characteristics for 19 million insured workers by industry sector and selected subsector, from the Mexican Social Security Institute, Mexico, January 1‒December 30, 2020*
| Economic activity of employer | No. insured workers† | No. workers claiming an RD-STDC | Cumulative RD-STDC incidence, % | RR (95% CI) | PCR-positive results, % | COVID-19 attack rate, % | Estimated no. COVID-19 cases | Work days lost, millions | Work days lost, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 757,997 | 22,461 | 3.0 | 2.9 (2.9‒3.0) | 55.9 | 1.5 | 11,638 | 0.21 | 0.11 |
| Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 119,946 | 7,360 | 6.1 | 4.3 (4.2‒ 4.5) | 66.0 | 3.9 | 4,645 | 0.09 | 0.28 |
| Manufacturing | 5,438,831 | 558,057 | 10.3 | 5.0 (5.0‒ 5.0) | 60.5 | 5.9 | 322,786 | 6.10 | 0.44 |
| Food manufacturing | 920,558 | 96,000 | 10.4 | 3.9 (3.8‒ 3.9) | 58.7 | 5.8 | 53,373 | 1.00 | 0.43 |
| Textile mills | 281,521 | 30,625 | 10.9 | 4.3 (4.3‒4.4) | 60.3 | 6.3 | 17,653 | 0.32 | 0.42 |
| Transportation equipment | 1,062,508 | 122,659 | 11.5 | 6.0 (6.0‒6.1) | 59.0 | 6.5 | 69,563 | 1.34 | 0.50 |
| Computer and electronic products | 64,837 | 4,235 | 6.5 | 4.8 (4.5‒5.0) | 64.0 | 4.0 | 2,566 | 0.05 | 0.29 |
| Construction | 1,487,563 | 70,416 | 4.7 | 3.7 (3.6‒3.7) | 61.6 | 2.7 | 40,893 | 0.74 | 0.19 |
| Retail trade | 4,040,863 | 421,940 | 10.4 | 3.9 (3.9‒3.9) | 56.3 | 5.6 | 225,901 | 4.42 | 0.43 |
| Food and beverage stores | 825,597 | 90,864 | 11.0 | 4.4 (4.3‒4.4) | 57.9 | 6.1 | 50,311 | 0.98 | 0.46 |
| General merchandise stores | 798,679 | 85,065 | 10.7 | 4.0 (3.9‒4.0) | 58.1 | 5.9 | 46,849 | 0.89 | 0.43 |
| Self-service and retail stores | 844,805 | 139,032 | 16.5 | 3.6 (3.6‒3.7) | 49.3 | 7.7 | 65,302 | 1.41 | 0.66 |
| Communications and transportation | 1,213,211 | 88,593 | 7.3 | 3.1 (3.0‒3.1) | 62.4 | 4.3 | 51,898 | 1.00 | 0.32 |
| Services for companies, homes, and people | 4,399,135 | 356,411 | 8.1 | 2.8 (2.8‒2.8) | 58.4 | 4.4 | 191,968 | 3.63 | 0.31 |
| Accommodation | 323,789 | 32,751 | 10.1 | 2.4 (2.4‒2.5) | 52.9 | 4.8 | 15,573 | 0.31 | 0.37 |
| Food services and drinking places | 564,531 | 57,576 | 10.2 | 2.7 (2.7‒2.7) | 58.8 | 5.4 | 30,760 | 0.55 | 0.35 |
| Social and community services | 1,655,074 | 106,349 | 6.4 | 2.5 (2.5‒2.6) | 61.8 | 3.6 | 60,345 | 1.21 | 0.28 |
| Educational services, arts, entertainment, and recreation | 591,471 | 26,447 | 4.5 | 1.4 (1.4‒1.5) | 57.3 | 2.1 | 12,635 | 0.24 | 0.14 |
| Health care and social assistance | 318,621 | 49,768 | 15.6 | 5.5 (5.4‒5.6) | 63.0 | 9.5 | 30,208 | 0.64 | 0.80 |
| General | 19,112,620 | 1,631,587 | 8.5 | 3.6 (3.6‒3.7) | 59.2 | 4.8 | 910,073 | 17.4 | 0.35 |
*There were 5,272 workers who lacked information on economic activity. Workers from public sectors were excluded. RR estimated comparing 2020 with baseline period of 2015–2019. COVID-19, coronavirus disease; RT-STDC, respiratory disease short-term disability claims RR, relative risk. †As of February 2020.
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