[Explaining the age-adjusted excess mortality with COVID-19-attributed deaths from January 2020 to July 2021].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Estimating COVID-19 mortality is impeded by uncertainties in cause of death coding. In contrast, age-adjusted excess all-cause mortality is a robust indicator of how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts public health. However, in addition to COVID-19 deaths, excess mortality potentially also reflects indirect negative effects of public health measures aiming to contain the pandemic.

Objectives

The study examines whether excess mortality in Germany between January 2020 and July 2021 is consistent with fatalities attributed to COVID-19 or may be partially due to indirect effects of public health measures.

Methods

Excess mortality trends for the period from January 2020 to July 2021 were checked for consistency with deaths attributed to COVID-19 in both the German fe

SUBMITTER: Wollschlager D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8643124 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature