Estimating excess mortalities due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia between January 2020 and September 2021.

ABSTRACT: Excess mortalities are a more accurate indicator of true COVID-19 disease burden. This study aims to investigate levels of excess all-cause mortality and their geographic, age and sex distributions between January 2020-September 2021. National mortality data between January 2016 and September 2021 from the Department of Statistics Malaysia was utilised. Baseline mortality was estimated using the Farrington algorithm and data between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2019. The occurrence of excess all-cause mortality by geographic-, age- and sex-stratum was examined from 1 January 2020 to 30 September 2021. A sub-analysis was also conducted for road-traffic accidents, ethnicity and nationality. Malaysia had a 5.5-23.7% reduction in all-cause mortality across 2020. A reversal is observed in 202

SUBMITTER: Jayaraj VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9807979 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature