COVID-19 pandemic and total mortality in the first six months of 2020 in Italy

Based on mortality data from 93% of Italian municipalities, there was an over 50% excess total mortality in March and a 38% excess in April, corresponding to over 46,000 excess deaths in those two months – as compared to 28,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in March and April. No subsequent excess m...

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Autores principales: Alicandro, Gianfranco, Remuzzi, Giuseppe, La Vecchia, Carlo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mattioli 1885 srl 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7809978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33124605
http://dx.doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v111i5.10786
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description Based on mortality data from 93% of Italian municipalities, there was an over 50% excess total mortality in March and a 38% excess in April, corresponding to over 46,000 excess deaths in those two months – as compared to 28,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in March and April. No subsequent excess mortality was observed, and in June reported total deaths were 6.2% less than expected. In the first 6 months of 2020, an 11.1% excess mortality was observed in Italy, and an almost 50% excess in Lombardy, the most affected region. Timely monitoring of total mortality has relevant implications for monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and controlling occupational and social exposures.
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spelling pubmed-78099782021-01-29 COVID-19 pandemic and total mortality in the first six months of 2020 in Italy Alicandro, Gianfranco Remuzzi, Giuseppe La Vecchia, Carlo Med Lav Original Article Based on mortality data from 93% of Italian municipalities, there was an over 50% excess total mortality in March and a 38% excess in April, corresponding to over 46,000 excess deaths in those two months – as compared to 28,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in March and April. No subsequent excess mortality was observed, and in June reported total deaths were 6.2% less than expected. In the first 6 months of 2020, an 11.1% excess mortality was observed in Italy, and an almost 50% excess in Lombardy, the most affected region. Timely monitoring of total mortality has relevant implications for monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and controlling occupational and social exposures. Mattioli 1885 srl 2020 2020-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7809978/ /pubmed/33124605 http://dx.doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v111i5.10786 Text en Copyright: © 2020 ACTA BIO MEDICA SOCIETY OF MEDICINE AND NATURAL SCIENCES OF PARMA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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