Excess years of life lost to COVID-19 and other causes of death by sex, neighbourhood deprivation, and region in England and Wales during 2020: A registry-based study.
Evangelos KontopantelisMamas Andreas MamasRoger T WebbAna Cristina Castro-ÁvilaMartin K RutterChris P GaleDarren M AshcroftMatthias PierceKathryn M AbelGareth PriceCorinne Faivre-FinnHarriette G C Van SpallMichelle M GrahamMarcello MorcianoGlen P MartinMatt SuttonTim DoranPublished in: PLoS medicine (2022)
In this study, we observed strong socioeconomic and geographical health inequalities in YLL, during the first calendar year of the COVID-19 pandemic. These were in line with long-standing existing inequalities in England and Wales, with the most deprived areas reporting the largest numbers in potential YLL.