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Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the trends in total mortality between 1998 and 2020 and to compare the changes in a wide range of detailed causes of death between 2020 (i.e., during the coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] pandemic) and the previous year in Korea. METHODS: We used registered...
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Korean Society of Epidemiology
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10106553/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36470264 http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2022110 |
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author | Bahk, Jinwook Jung-Choi, Kyunghee |
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description | OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the trends in total mortality between 1998 and 2020 and to compare the changes in a wide range of detailed causes of death between 2020 (i.e., during the coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] pandemic) and the previous year in Korea. METHODS: We used registered population and mortality data for the years 1998–2020 obtained from Statistics Korea. The age-standardized all-cause mortality rate and the annual percent change between 1998 and 2020 were determined. The rate ratio and rate difference of the age-standardized mortality rate between 2019 and 2020 were calculated. RESULTS: The age-standardized all-cause mortality rate in Korea has been on a downward trend since 1998, and the decline continued in 2020. In 2020, 950 people died from COVID-19, accounting for 0.3% of all deaths. Mortality decreased for most causes of death; however, the number of deaths attributed to sepsis and aspiration pneumonia increased between 2019 and 2020 for both men and women. Age-specific mortality rates decreased or remained stable between 2019 and 2020 for all age groups, except women aged 25–29. This increase was mainly attributed to a higher number of suicide deaths. CONCLUSIONS: This study shed light on the issues of sepsis and aspiration pneumonia despite the successful response to COVID-19 in Korea in 2020. Cases of death from sepsis and aspiration pneumonia should be identified and monitored. In addition, it is necessary to develop a proactive policy to address suicide among young people, especially young women. |
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spelling | pubmed-101065532023-04-18 Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic Bahk, Jinwook Jung-Choi, Kyunghee Epidemiol Health COVID-19 OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the trends in total mortality between 1998 and 2020 and to compare the changes in a wide range of detailed causes of death between 2020 (i.e., during the coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19] pandemic) and the previous year in Korea. METHODS: We used registered population and mortality data for the years 1998–2020 obtained from Statistics Korea. The age-standardized all-cause mortality rate and the annual percent change between 1998 and 2020 were determined. The rate ratio and rate difference of the age-standardized mortality rate between 2019 and 2020 were calculated. RESULTS: The age-standardized all-cause mortality rate in Korea has been on a downward trend since 1998, and the decline continued in 2020. In 2020, 950 people died from COVID-19, accounting for 0.3% of all deaths. Mortality decreased for most causes of death; however, the number of deaths attributed to sepsis and aspiration pneumonia increased between 2019 and 2020 for both men and women. Age-specific mortality rates decreased or remained stable between 2019 and 2020 for all age groups, except women aged 25–29. This increase was mainly attributed to a higher number of suicide deaths. CONCLUSIONS: This study shed light on the issues of sepsis and aspiration pneumonia despite the successful response to COVID-19 in Korea in 2020. Cases of death from sepsis and aspiration pneumonia should be identified and monitored. In addition, it is necessary to develop a proactive policy to address suicide among young people, especially young women. Korean Society of Epidemiology 2022-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10106553/ /pubmed/36470264 http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2022110 Text en © 2022, Korean Society of Epidemiology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | COVID-19 Bahk, Jinwook Jung-Choi, Kyunghee Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | cause-specific mortality in korea during the first year of the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | COVID-19 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10106553/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36470264 http://dx.doi.org/10.4178/epih.e2022110 |
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