Second versus first wave of COVID-19 deaths: Shifts in age distribution and in nursing home fatalities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether the age distribution of COVID-19 deaths and the share of deaths in nursing homes changed in the second versus the first pandemic wave.

Eligible data

We considered all countries that had at least 4000 COVID-19 deaths occurring as of January 14, 2021, at least 200 COVID-19 deaths occurring in each of the two epidemic wave periods; and which had sufficiently detailed information available on the age distribution of these deaths. We also considered countries with data available on COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents for the two waves.

Main outcome measures

Change in the second wave versus the first wave in the proportion of COVID-19 deaths occurring in people <50 years ("young deaths") among all COVID-19 deaths and among COVID-19 deaths

SUBMITTER: Ioannidis JPA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7875012 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature