Global Excess Mortality during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, reported COVID-19 deaths are inadequate to assess the impact of the pandemic on global excess mortality. All-cause excess mortality is a WHO-recommended index for assessing the death burden of COVID-19. However, the global excess mortality assessed by this index remains unclear. We aimed to assess the global excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science for studies published in English between 1 January 2020, and 21 May 2022. Cross-sectional and cohort studies that reported data about excess mortality during the pandemic were included. Two researchers independently searched the published studies, extracted data, and assessed quality. The Mantel-Haenszel random-effects method was adopted to estimate

SUBMITTER: Shang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9607451 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature