Trends in deaths from road injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, January to September 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Japan, the latest estimates of excess all-cause deaths through January to July 2020 showed that the overall (direct and indirect) mortality burden from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Japan was relatively low compared to Europe and the United States. However, consistency between the reported number of COVID-19 deaths and excess all-cause deaths was limited across prefectures, suggesting the necessity of distinguishing the direct and indirect consequences of COVID-19 by cause-specific analysis. To examine whether deaths from road injuries decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, consistent with a possible reduction of road transport activity connected to Japan's state of emergency declaration, we estimated the exiguous deaths from road injuries in ea

SUBMITTER: Nomura S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7703507 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature