The evolution of COVID-19 mortality during 2020 and 2021 in six countries ISID_org univ_paris_cite InedFr evolution COVID19 coronavirus covid pandemic
By Dr. Chinta SidharthanDec 14 2022Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, a team of researchers analyzed the mortality in selected countries during multiple waves of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 to understand the evolution of COVID-19-related mortality according to age and sex.
About the study In the present study, the researchers obtained age and sex-related COVID-19 mortality data for six countries — Belgium, France, England and Wales, Sweden, Scotland, and the United States — from the database “The Demography of COVID-19 Deaths”. The choice of the countries was based on the official data sources of the countries using comparable definitions for COVID-19-associated mortality.
Results The results indicated that the intensities and timing of COVID-19-associated mortality vary across the six countries. The summer of 2020 was a period of stabilization for the European countries included in the study but not for the U.S. The authors believe this could be attributed to the more uniform enforcement of strict disease mitigation measures such as lockdowns in European countries compared to the U.S.
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