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

Objective To estimate the direct and indirect effects of the covid-19 pandemic on mortality in
2020 in 29 high income countries with reliable and complete age and sex disaggregated …

Background Variations in the age patterns and magnitudes of excess deaths, as well as
differences in population sizes and age structures, make cross-national comparisons of the …

Background Sweden has one of the highest numbers of COVID-19 deaths per inhabitant
globally. However, absolute death counts can be misleading. Estimating age-and sex …

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 The medical, societal, and economic impact of the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic has unknown effects on overall population mortality. Previous models …

Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has passed its first peak in Europe. Aim To
describe the mortality in England and its association with SARS-CoV-2 status and other …

Objectives Following well-established practices in demography, this article discusses
several measures based on the number of COVID-19 deaths to facilitate comparisons over …