Excess mortality in Ukraine during the course of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021.

ABSTRACT: In this work, the COVID-19 pandemic burden in Ukraine is investigated retrospectively using the excess mortality measures during 2020-2021. In particular, the epidemic impact on the Ukrainian population is studied via the standardized both all-cause and cause-specific mortality scores before and during the epidemic. The excess mortality counts during the pandemic were predicted based on historic data using parametric and nonparametric modeling and then compared with the actual reported counts to quantify the excess. The corresponding standardized mortality P-score metrics were also compared with the neighboring countries. In summary, there were three "waves" of excess all-cause mortality in Ukraine in December 2020, April 2021 and November 2021 with excess of 32%, 43% and 83% above the exp

SUBMITTER: Shishkin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10139669 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature