Variation in mortality burden of the COVID-19 pandemic across federal states in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intra-annual excess mortality is the most reliable measure of losses of lives due to short-term risk factors. The objectives of our study are (i) to estimate excess mortality across German states in the course of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic years 2020 and 2021 and (ii) to identify possible regional-level determinants of spatial inequality in pandemic-related excess mortality.

Methods

We use weekly mortality data series for the calculation of weekly death rates, standardized by age for each federal state of Germany. We estimate the expected level of mortality as state-specific mortality trends and excess mortality in 2020 and 2021. We explore ecological statistical relationships between excess mortality, COVID-19 morbidity, and selected regiona

SUBMITTER: Kolobova M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10567244 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature