Excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

Milad Ahmadi Gohari Maryam Chegeni Ali Akbar Haghdoost Firoozeh Mirzaee Lisa Jane White Polychronis Kostoulas Ali Mirzazadeh Mohammad Karamouzian Younes Jahani Hamid Sharifi

Published in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2022)

The reported number of COVID-19 deaths was less than half of Iran's estimated number of excess deaths. The results of this study will be helpful for health policymakers' planning, and call for strengthening the timeliness and accuracy of Iran's death registration systems, planning for more accurate monitoring of epidemics, and planning to provide support services for survivors' families.

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