Regional excess mortality during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in five European countries

Garyfallos Konstantinoudis; Michela Cameletti; Virgilio Gómez-Rubio; Inmaculada León Gómez; Monica Pirani; Gianluca Baio; Amparo Larrauri; Julien Riou; Matthias Egger; Paolo Vineis; Marta Blangiardo

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28157-3

Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Regional excess mortality during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in five European countries

Garyfallos Konstantinoudis,
Michela Cameletti,
Virgilio Gómez-Rubio,
Inmaculada León Gómez,
Monica Pirani,
Gianluca Baio,
Amparo Larrauri,
Julien Riou,
Matthias Egger,
Paolo Vineis,
Marta Blangiardo

Affiliations

Garyfallos Konstantinoudis: MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Michela Cameletti: Department of Economics, University of Bergamo
Virgilio Gómez-Rubio: Departamento de Matemáticas, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Inmaculada León Gómez: National Centre of Epidemiology (CNE), Institute of Health Carlos III
Monica Pirani: MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Gianluca Baio: Department of Statistical Sciences, University College London
Amparo Larrauri: National Centre of Epidemiology (CNE), Institute of Health Carlos III
Julien Riou: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern
Matthias Egger: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern
Paolo Vineis: MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Marta Blangiardo: MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28157-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In this study, the authors estimate excess mortality at the regional level for five European countries (England, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland) in 2020. They identify the regions and time periods with highest excess mortality and show how these patterns evolved through different pandemic waves.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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