Background Deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic result directly from infection and
exacerbation of other diseases and indirectly from deferment of care for other conditions …

Background: Excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with those expected
from historical trends have been unequally distributed, both geographically and …

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed many lives in the UK and globally. The objective of this
paper is to study whether the number of deaths not registered as Covid-19-related has …

Background Mortality from COVID-19 shows a strong relationship with age and pre-existing
medical conditions, as does mortality from other causes. We aimed to investigate how …

Background: Understanding patterns of mortality and place of death during the COVID-19
pandemic is important to help provide appropriate services and resources. Aims: To analyse …

Objective To describe the place and cause of death during the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic to assess its impact on excess mortality. Methods This national death …

Background Deaths directly linked to COVID-19 infection may be misclassified, and the
pandemic may have indirectly affected other causes of death. To overcome these …

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 …

Assessing the direct and indirect health impact of the COVID 19 pandemic is central in
managing public health and other policy measures while learning to co-exist with the virus …

Background In early 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand implemented
graduated, risk-informed national COVID-19 suppression measures aimed at disease …