Excess deaths associated with covid-19 pandemic in 2020: age and sex disaggregated time series analysis in 29 high income countries

URL

https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1137

Authors

Nazrul Islam, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Rolando J. Acosta, Ilya Klimkin, Ichiro Kawachi, Rafael A. Irizarry, Gianfranco Alicandro, Kamlesh Khunti, Tom Yates, Dmitri A. Jdanov, Martin White, Sarah Lewington, and Ben Lacey

Published Date

May 19, 2021

Publication

BMJ (British Medical Journal)

Organization

University of Oxford

Key Excerpts

"Observed deaths in children <15 years were similar to the expected levels in most countries and lower than expected in some countries (for example, England and Wales, France, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, South Korea, and the US). The total number of excess deaths was largely concentrated among people aged ≥75 years, followed by people aged 65-74 years."

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Medium

document

Topics

aging risk factor,all cause mortality,at risk populations,COVID-19,risk factors