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Mortality of the elderly population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Are there north-south differences?

COVID-19 disease courses are dynamic and in some cases, fatal. In this article, we aim to identify the periods where overall mortality is higher, and therefore to more precisely measure excess mortality. We analysed mortality rate development for the population aged 65 years and older in Germany as...

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Autor principal: Nowossadeck, Enno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Robert Koch Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8734089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146302
http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/7061
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description COVID-19 disease courses are dynamic and in some cases, fatal. In this article, we aim to identify the periods where overall mortality is higher, and therefore to more precisely measure excess mortality. We analysed mortality rate development for the population aged 65 years and older in Germany as a whole, a south Germany region (comprising the federal states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria) and a north Germany region (comprising the federal states of Schleswig Holstein, Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania and Brandenburg). The article analyses the mortality rates per calendar week that have been published by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) for the first 23 calendar weeks of 2020. We compare these figures with those for the same period 2016, the last year in which there was no influenza-related excess mortality. In calendar weeks ten to 15, mortality rates for the elder population rose exceptionally in the south compared to the north Germany region as well as compared to the 2016 figures. A peak was reached in calendar weeks 14 and 15. Mortality rates peaked around two to three weeks after incidence. Since this peak, mortality rates have decreased again, but up to calendar week 18 have remained above the 2016 rates. Overall the rise in mortality rates observed appears to be related to the COVID-19 pandemic and not the annual influenza wave.
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spelling pubmed-87340892022-02-09 Mortality of the elderly population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Are there north-south differences? Nowossadeck, Enno J Health Monit Focus COVID-19 disease courses are dynamic and in some cases, fatal. In this article, we aim to identify the periods where overall mortality is higher, and therefore to more precisely measure excess mortality. We analysed mortality rate development for the population aged 65 years and older in Germany as a whole, a south Germany region (comprising the federal states of Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria) and a north Germany region (comprising the federal states of Schleswig Holstein, Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania and Brandenburg). The article analyses the mortality rates per calendar week that have been published by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) for the first 23 calendar weeks of 2020. We compare these figures with those for the same period 2016, the last year in which there was no influenza-related excess mortality. In calendar weeks ten to 15, mortality rates for the elder population rose exceptionally in the south compared to the north Germany region as well as compared to the 2016 figures. A peak was reached in calendar weeks 14 and 15. Mortality rates peaked around two to three weeks after incidence. Since this peak, mortality rates have decreased again, but up to calendar week 18 have remained above the 2016 rates. Overall the rise in mortality rates observed appears to be related to the COVID-19 pandemic and not the annual influenza wave. Robert Koch Institute 2020-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8734089/ /pubmed/35146302 http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/7061 Text en © Robert Koch Institute. All rights reserved unless explicitly granted. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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title Mortality of the elderly population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Are there north-south differences?
title_full Mortality of the elderly population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Are there north-south differences?
title_fullStr Mortality of the elderly population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Are there north-south differences?
title_full_unstemmed Mortality of the elderly population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Are there north-south differences?
title_short Mortality of the elderly population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Are there north-south differences?
title_sort mortality of the elderly population during the covid-19 pandemic. are there north-south differences?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8734089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146302
http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/7061
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