Assessing educational disparities in COVID-19 related excess mortality in Spain: a population register-linked mortality study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Data on the increase in mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic based on individuals' socioeconomic positions are limited. This study examines this increase in mortality in Spain during the epidemic waves of 2020 and 2021.

Methods

We calculated the overall and cause-specific mortality rates during the 2017-2019 pre-pandemic period and four epidemic periods in 2020 and 2021 (first, second, third-fourth, and fifth-sixth waves). Mortality rates were analyzed based on educational levels (low, medium, and high) and across various age groups (25-64, 65-74, and 75+). The increase in mortality during each epidemic period compared to the pre-pandemic period was estimated using mortality rate ratios (MRR) derived from Poisson regression models.

Results

An inverse ed

SUBMITTER: Pulido J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11384991 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature