Reduced mortality during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan, 2020: a two-stage interrupted time-series design.
Daisuke OnozukaYuta TanoueShuhei NomuraTakayuki KawashimaDaisuke YoneokaAkifumi EguchiChris Fook Sheng NgKentaro MatsuuraShoi ShiKoji MakiyamaShinya UryuYumi KawamuraShinichi TakayanagiStuart GilmourTakehiko I HayashiHiroaki MiyataFrancesco SeraTomimasa SunagawaTakuri TakahashiYuuki TsuchihashiYusuke KobayashiYuzo ArimaKazuhiko KanouMotoi SuzukiMasahiro HashizumePublished in: International journal of epidemiology (2021)
All-cause mortality during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan in 2020 was decreased compared with a historical baseline. Further evaluation of cause-specific excess mortality is warranted.