All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century
Background: The COVID-19 mortality rate in Belgium has been ranked among the highest in the world. To assess the appropriateness of the country's COVID-19 mortality surveillance, that includes long-term care facilities deaths and deaths in possible cases, the number of COVID-19 deaths was compared with the number of deaths from all-cause mortality. Mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic was also compared with historical mortality rates from the last century including those of the Spanish influenza pandemic. Methods: Excess mortality predictions and COVID-19 mortality data were analysed for the... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Schlagwörter: | Medicine and Health Sciences / INFLUENZA MORTALITY / PANDEMIC INFLUENZA / IMPACT / COVID-19 / Mortality / All-cause mortality / Excess mortality / Pandemic |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28551785 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8689303 |