Estimation of Excess Deaths Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in Istanbul, Turkey.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The official number of daily cases and deaths are the most prominent indicators used to plan actions against the COVID-19 pandemic but are insufficient to see the real impact. Official numbers vary due to testing policy, reporting methods, etc. Therefore, critical interventions are likely to lose their effectiveness and better-standardized indicators like excess deaths/mortality are needed. In this study, excess deaths in Istanbul were examined and a web-based monitor was developed.

Methods

Daily all-cause deaths data between January 1, 2015- November 11, 2021 in Istanbul is used to estimate the excess deaths. Compared to the pre-pandemic period, the % increase in the number of deaths was calculated as the ratio of excess deaths to expected deaths (

SUBMITTER: Ucar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9357990 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature