Demographic and public health characteristics explain large part of variability in COVID-19 mortality across countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The numbers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths per million people differ widely across countries. Often, the causal effects of interventions taken by authorities are unjustifiably concluded based on the comparison of pure mortalities in countries where interventions consisting different strategies have been taken. Moreover, the possible effects of other factors are only rarely considered.

Methods

We used data from open databases (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, World Bank Open Data, The BCG World Atlas) and publications to develop a model that could largely explain the differences in cumulative mortality between countries using non-interventional (mostly socio-demographic) factors.

Results

Statistically significant association

SUBMITTER: Hradsky O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7928985 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature