Excess all-cause mortality and COVID-19-related mortality: a temporal analysis in 22 countries, from January until August 2020.
Souzana AchilleosAnnalisa QuattrocchiJohn GabelAlexandros HeraclidesOurania KolokotroniConstantina ConstantinouMaider Pagola UgarteNicoletta NicolaouJose Manuel Rodriguez-LlanesCatherine Marie BennettEkaterina BogatyrevaEva Susanna SchernhammerClaudia ZimmermannAntonio Jose Leal CostaJackeline Christiane Pinto LobatoNgibo Mubeta FernandesAna Paula Semedo-AguiarGloria Isabel Jaramillo RamirezOscar Dario Martin GarzonLaust Hvas MortensenJulia A CritchleyLucy P GoldsmithGleb DenissovKristi RüütelNolwenn Le MeurLevan KandelakiShorena TsiklauriJoan O'DonnellAjay OzaZalman KaufmanInbar ZuckerGiuseppe AmbrosioFabrizio StracciTerje P HagenIvan ErzenPetra KlepacPedro Arcos GonzálezÁngel Fernández CamporroBo BurströmNataliia PidmurniakOlesia VerstiukQian HuangNeil Kishor MehtaAntonis PolemitisAndreas CharalambousChristiana A DemetriouPublished in: International journal of epidemiology (2021)
All-cause mortality up to August 2020 was higher than in previous years in some, but not all, participating countries. Geographical location and seasonality of each country, as well as the prompt application of high-stringency control measures, may explain the observed variability in mortality changes.