Reductions in mortality resulting from COVID-19 quarantine measures in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To explore the impact of quarantine measures on the cause of death.

Methods

We use time series analysis with the data from death cause surveillance database of Suzhou from January 2017 to December 2019 to estimate the expected deaths from January to June 2020 and compare these expected deaths with the reported numbers of deaths.

Results

After the implementation of epidemic prevention measures in Suzhou in the first 3 months, overall number of all-cause deaths declined for 5.36, 7.54 and 7.02% compared with predicted numbers. The number of deaths from respiratory causes and traffic accidents declined shapely by 30.1 and 26.9%, totally. When quarantine measures were released (April-June), however, the observed numbers of total deaths exceeded the predicted de

SUBMITTER: Shen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7928732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature