Premature mortality attributable to COVID-19: potential years of life lost in 17 countries around the world, January-August 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the impact of the burden of COVID-19 is key to successfully navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of a larger investigation on COVID-19 mortality impact, this study aims to estimate the Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) in 17 countries and territories across the world (Australia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Peru, Norway, England & Wales, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United States [USA]).

Methods

Age- and sex-specific COVID-19 death numbers from primary national sources were collected by an international research consortium. The study period was established based on the availability of data from the inception of the pandemic to the end of August 2020. The PYLL for each country were c

SUBMITTER: Ugarte MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8743065 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature