Cause-Specific Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) in 12 Countries of the C-MOR Consortium.
Victoria Virginia BeeksSouzana AchilleosAnnalisa QuattrocchiChryso Th PallariElena CritselisPascale SalamehMohammad Reza Rahmanian HaghighiJose Manuel Rodriguez-LlanesGiuseppe AmbrosioAndreas ArtemiouJohn GabelCatherine Marie BennettJoseph CuthbertsonClaudia ZimmermannEva Susanna SchernhammerAntonio José Leal CostaLuciana Freire de CarvalhoJackeline Christiane Pinto LobatoMaria AthanasiadouJulia Alison CritchleyLucy Pollyanna GoldsmithLevan KandelakiNatalya GlushkovaKairat DavletovYuliya SemenovaIvan ErzenOlesia VerstiukDimos AlekkouAntonis PolemitisAndreas CharalambousChristiana A Demetriounull nullPublished in: Journal of epidemiology and global health (2024)
This study provides evidence of substantial excess mortality from CVD, and notable reductions in respiratory disease and pneumonia in both years across most countries investigated. Our study also highlights the beneficial impact of stringent control measures in mitigating excess mortality from most causes in 2021.