Mortality impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak by sex and age: rapid mortality surveillance system, Italy, 1 February to 18 April 2020

Data from the rapid mortality surveillance system in 19 major Italian cities were used to carry out a timely assessment of the health impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. By 18 April, a + 45% excess in mortality was observed, with a higher impact in the north of the country (+ 76%). The excess was great...

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Autores principales: Michelozzi, Paola, de’Donato, Francesca, Scortichini, Matteo, De Sario, Manuela, Noccioli, Fiammetta, Rossi, Pasqualino, Davoli, Marina
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7238743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32431289
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000620
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author Michelozzi, Paola
de’Donato, Francesca
Scortichini, Matteo
De Sario, Manuela
Noccioli, Fiammetta
Rossi, Pasqualino
Davoli, Marina
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de’Donato, Francesca
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description Data from the rapid mortality surveillance system in 19 major Italian cities were used to carry out a timely assessment of the health impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. By 18 April, a + 45% excess in mortality was observed, with a higher impact in the north of the country (+ 76%). The excess was greatest among men, with an increasing trend by age. Surveillance data can be used to evaluate the lockdown and re-opening phases.
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spelling pubmed-72387432020-05-28 Mortality impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak by sex and age: rapid mortality surveillance system, Italy, 1 February to 18 April 2020 Michelozzi, Paola de’Donato, Francesca Scortichini, Matteo De Sario, Manuela Noccioli, Fiammetta Rossi, Pasqualino Davoli, Marina Euro Surveill Rapid Communication Data from the rapid mortality surveillance system in 19 major Italian cities were used to carry out a timely assessment of the health impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. By 18 April, a + 45% excess in mortality was observed, with a higher impact in the north of the country (+ 76%). The excess was greatest among men, with an increasing trend by age. Surveillance data can be used to evaluate the lockdown and re-opening phases. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7238743/ /pubmed/32431289 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000620 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Rapid Communication
Michelozzi, Paola
de’Donato, Francesca
Scortichini, Matteo
De Sario, Manuela
Noccioli, Fiammetta
Rossi, Pasqualino
Davoli, Marina
Mortality impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak by sex and age: rapid mortality surveillance system, Italy, 1 February to 18 April 2020
title Mortality impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak by sex and age: rapid mortality surveillance system, Italy, 1 February to 18 April 2020
title_full Mortality impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak by sex and age: rapid mortality surveillance system, Italy, 1 February to 18 April 2020
title_fullStr Mortality impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak by sex and age: rapid mortality surveillance system, Italy, 1 February to 18 April 2020
title_full_unstemmed Mortality impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak by sex and age: rapid mortality surveillance system, Italy, 1 February to 18 April 2020
title_short Mortality impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak by sex and age: rapid mortality surveillance system, Italy, 1 February to 18 April 2020
title_sort mortality impacts of the coronavirus disease (covid-19) outbreak by sex and age: rapid mortality surveillance system, italy, 1 february to 18 april 2020
topic Rapid Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7238743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32431289
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.19.2000620
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