Lockdown and non-COVID-19 deaths: cause-specific mortality during the first wave of the 2020 pandemic in Norway: a population-based register study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the potential impact of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic on all cause and cause-specific mortality in Norway.

Design

Population-based register study.

Setting

The Norwegian cause of Death Registry and the National Population Register of Norway.

Participants

All recorded deaths in Norway from March to May from 2010 to 2020.

Main outcome measures

Rate (per 100 000) of all-cause mortality and causes of death in the European Shortlist for Causes of Death from March to May 2020. The rates were age standardised and adjusted to a 100% register coverage and compared with a 95% prediction interval (PI) from linear regression based on corresponding rates for 2010-2019.

Results

113 710 deaths were included, of which 10 226 were from 20

SUBMITTER: Raknes G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671852 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature