Excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Canada.


Journal

IJID regions
ISSN: 2772-7076
Titre abrégé: IJID Reg
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9918418183106676

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2022
Historique:
received: 07 06 2022
revised: 25 08 2022
accepted: 25 08 2022
pubmed: 6 9 2022
medline: 6 9 2022
entrez: 5 9 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

To determine if there was excess mortality in Alberta, Canada during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, to confirm if excess mortality affected all age groups equally, and to determine what proportions of excess deaths were directly related to COVID-19 and non-pharmaceutical drug poisoning. Weekly all-cause data used to estimate excess mortality were modelled against the pre-pandemic period (January 2015-February 2020). Age-adjusted weekly mortality rates for March 2020 to December 2021 were compared with the preceding 5 years. From March 2020 to December 2021, there was an 11% excess mortality rate, corresponding to an average of 265 monthly excess deaths (maximum >30%). COVID-19-related deaths ( There was a significant increase in all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although older adults are more likely to die of COVID-19, a massive increase in non-COVID-19-related mortality was observed among younger people. These factors should be considered in public policy decisions on epidemic/pandemic management.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36060856
doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.08.011
pii: S2772-7076(22)00106-0
pmc: PMC9424127
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

62-67

Informations de copyright

© 2022 The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Sanjay Beesoon (S)

Surgery Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Jeffrey A Bakal (JA)

Provincial Research Data Services, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Data and Research Services, Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Erik Youngson (E)

Provincial Research Data Services, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Data and Research Services, Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Kienan P Williams (KP)

Indigenous Wellness Core, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Sandra A Berzins (SA)

Surgery Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Departments of Psychiatry and Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Mathison Centre for Mental Health Education and Research, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Mary E Brindle (ME)

Surgery Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

A Mark Joffe (AM)

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Cancer Care Alberta, Clinical Support Services and Provincial Clinical Excellence, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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