Societal volunteering and COVID-19 mortality in high-income countries: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to quantify the relationship between societal volunteering and the impact of COVID-19 in that society.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting, participants and outcome measure

Data on societal volunteering were collected for 32 high-income countries (international analysis) and 50 US states (US analysis). Using regression analysis, the ability of this variable to explain COVID-19 mortality was compared with other variables put forward in the public debate (eg, vaccination rate, obesity, age). COVID-19 mortality was measured as the number of deaths due to COVID-19 per million inhabitants, from January 2020 until January 2022.

Results

Societal volunteering explains 43% (resp. 34%) of observed variation in COVID-19 mortality (R²) in the i

SUBMITTER: Schiltz F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10105912 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature