Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence has emerged showing that elderly people and those with pre-existing chronic health conditions may be at higher risk of developing severe health consequences from COVID-19. In Europe, this is of particular relevance with ageing populations living with non-communicable diseases, multi-morbidity and frailty. Published estimates of Years Lived with Disability (YLD) from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study help to characterise the extent of these effects. Our aim was to identify the countries across Europe that have populations at highest risk from COVID-19 by using estimates of population age structure and YLD for health conditions linked to severe illness from COVID-19.

Methods

Population and YLD estimates from GBD 2017 were extracted for 45 countries i

SUBMITTER: Wyper GMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7256342 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature