Excess mortality in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Nordic countries represent a unique case study for the COVID-19 pandemic due to socioeconomic and cultural similarities, high-quality comparable administrative register data and notable differences in mitigation policies during the pandemic. We aimed to compare weekly excess mortality in the Nordic countries across the three full pandemic years 2020-2022.

Methods

Using data on weekly all-cause mortality from official administrative registers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, we employed time series regression models to assess mortality developments within each pandemic year, with the period 2010-2019 used as reference period. We then compared excess mortality across the countries in 2020-2022, taking differences in population size and age- and sex-distri

SUBMITTER: Forthun I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11293825 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature