Mortality in Switzerland in 2021

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze mortality trends in Switzerland in 2021, the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Using data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, we compared mortality in Switzerland in 2021 with that of previous years in terms of standardized weekly deaths, standardized (annual) mortality rates (overall and stratified by age and sex) and life expectancy. The latter is a well-known demographic concept defining the average lifespan of a hypothetical cohort living and dying according to the mortality rates of a given year.

Results

After a favorable first half of the year and a fairly standard second half in terms of mortality in Switzerland, the year 2021 ended with a wave of deaths of moderate intensity related to the 5th wave of COVID-19. Over

SUBMITTER: Locatelli I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9462753 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature