Excess Deaths in Korea During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 2020-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Excess deaths, an indicator that compares total mortality rates before and during a pandemic, offer a comprehensive view of the pandemic's impact. However, discrepancies may arise from variations in estimating expected deaths. This study aims to compare excess deaths in Korea during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic using 3 methods and to analyze patterns using the most appropriate method.

Methods

Expected deaths from 2020 to 2022 were estimated using mortality data from 2015-2019 as reference years. This estimation employed 3 approaches: (1) simple average, (2) age-adjusted average, and (3) age-adjusted linear regression. Excess deaths by age, gender, and cause of death were also presented.

Results

The number of excess deaths varied depending on the es

SUBMITTER: Im SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11471339 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature