Different patterns of excess all-cause mortality by age and sex in Hungary during the 2^nd and 3^rd waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: It is well accepted that COVID-19-related mortality shows a strong age dependency. However, temporal changes in the age distribution of excess relative mortality between waves of the pandemic are less frequently investigated. We aimed to assess excess absolute mortality and the age-distribution of all-cause mortality during the second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary compared to the same periods of non-pandemic years. Rate ratios for excess all-cause mortality with 95% confidence intervals and the number of excess deaths for the second (week 41 of 2020 through week 4 of 2021) and third waves (weeks 7-21 of 2021) of the COVID pandemic for the whole of Hungary compared to the same periods of the pre-pandemic years were estimated for 10-year age strata using Poisson regress

SUBMITTER: Fazekas-Pongor V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9303845 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature