Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century |
| Authors: |
Natalia Bustos Sierra, Nathalie Bossuyt, Toon Braeye, Mathias Leroy, Isabelle Moyersoen, Ilse Peeters, Aline Scohy, Johan Van der Heyden, Herman Van Oyen, Françoise Renard |
| Source: |
Archives of Public Health, Vol 78, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMC, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
COVID-19, Mortality, All-cause mortality, Excess mortality, Pandemic, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
Abstract 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 period March 10th to June 21st 2020. The number of COVID-19 deaths and the COVID-19 mortality rate per million were calculated for hospitals, nursing homes and other places of death, according to diagnostic status (confirmed/possible infection). To evaluate historical mortality, monthly mortality rates were calculated from January 1900 to June 2020. Results Nine thousand five hundred ninety-one COVID-19 deaths and 39,076 deaths from all-causes were recorded, with a correlation of 94% (Spearman’s rho, p |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2049-3258 |
| Relation: |
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13690-020-00496-x; https://doaj.org/toc/2049-3258 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s13690-020-00496-x |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/c5094da5e40940f6b37828dacb461282 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.5094da5e40940f6b37828dacb461282 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
