Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to examine the trends in total mortality between 1998 and 2020 and to compare the changes in a wide range of detailed causes of death between 2020 (i.e., during the coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] pandemic) and the previous year in Korea.

Methods

We used registered population and mortality data for the years 1998-2020 obtained from Statistics Korea. The age-standardized all-cause mortality rate and the annual percent change between 1998 and 2020 were determined. The rate ratio and rate difference of the age-standardized mortality rate between 2019 and 2020 were calculated.

Results

The age-standardized all-cause mortality rate in Korea has been on a downward trend since 1998, and the decline continued in 2020. In 2020, 950 people died fr

SUBMITTER: Bahk J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106553 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature