Cited by 129COVID-19 epidemiological studiesInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Besides population age structure, health and other demographic factors can contribute to understanding the COVID-19 burden

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Nepomuceno, Marília R., Acosta, Enrique, Alburez-Gutierrez, Diego, Aburto, José Manuel, Gagnon, Alain, Turra, Cássio M.·2020·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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  • Simply counting total excess deaths does not provide an understanding of the substantial variation by age and sex over time in elevated mortality risks, nor does it allow for a comparison of current mortality conditions with past conditions due to changes in population age structure.

    “While this metric provides an important measure of the burden of the pandemic on a society, simply counting total excess deaths does not provide an understanding of the substantial variation by age and sex over time in elevated mortality risks.10 11 nor does it allow for a comparison of current mortality conditions with past conditions due to changes in population age structure over the period.”

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Authors
Nepomuceno, M. R., Acosta, E., Alburez-Gutierrez, D., Aburto, J. M., Gagnon, A., & Turra, C. M.
Affiliations
  • Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (DE)
  • Digital and Computational Demography, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 18057 Rostock, Germany;
  • University of Southern Denmark (DK)
  • Centre de recherche en santé publique (CA)
  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (BR)
Corresponding author
  • Nepomuceno, Marília R.
  • Acosta, Enrique
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2020-06-23
Volume
117
Issue
25
Pages
13881-13883
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W3036627488
Cited by
129
References
8
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 28
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Leverhulme Trust
  • University of Oxford
  • Syddansk Universitet
  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung
  • H2020 European Research Council (716323)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, disease burden, age structure, health status, demographic factors
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Demography, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics

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