An international comparison of age and sex dependency of COVID-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis

Abstract The number of reported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths per 100,000 persons observed so far in 2020 is described in 15 European countries and the USA as dependent on age groups and sex. It is compared with the corresponding historic all-cause mortality per year depending on age and sex...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Peter Bauer, Jonas Brugger, Franz König, Martin Posch
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/d3641e237a4c41e5a039d5d92ea99e8b
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:d3641e237a4c41e5a039d5d92ea99e8b
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d3641e237a4c41e5a039d5d92ea99e8b2021-12-02T19:16:59ZAn international comparison of age and sex dependency of COVID-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis10.1038/s41598-021-97711-82045-2322https://doaj.org/article/d3641e237a4c41e5a039d5d92ea99e8b2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97711-8https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The number of reported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths per 100,000 persons observed so far in 2020 is described in 15 European countries and the USA as dependent on age groups and sex. It is compared with the corresponding historic all-cause mortality per year depending on age and sex observed in these countries. Some common features exist although substantial differences in age and sex dependency of COVID-19 mortality were noted between countries. An exponential increase with age is a good model to describe and analyze both COVID-19 and all-cause mortality above 40 years old, where almost all COVID-19 deaths occur. Moreover, age dependency is stronger for COVID-19 mortality than for all-cause mortality, and males have an excess risk compared with women, which is less pronounced in the higher age groups. Additionally, concerning calendar time, differences in the age and sex dependency between countries were noted with the common tendency that male excess risk for COVID-19 mortality was smaller in the second half of the year.Peter BauerJonas BruggerFranz KönigMartin PoschNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Medicine R Science Q
spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Peter Bauer Jonas Brugger Franz König Martin Posch An international comparison of age and sex dependency of COVID-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis
description	Abstract The number of reported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths per 100,000 persons observed so far in 2020 is described in 15 European countries and the USA as dependent on age groups and sex. It is compared with the corresponding historic all-cause mortality per year depending on age and sex observed in these countries. Some common features exist although substantial differences in age and sex dependency of COVID-19 mortality were noted between countries. An exponential increase with age is a good model to describe and analyze both COVID-19 and all-cause mortality above 40 years old, where almost all COVID-19 deaths occur. Moreover, age dependency is stronger for COVID-19 mortality than for all-cause mortality, and males have an excess risk compared with women, which is less pronounced in the higher age groups. Additionally, concerning calendar time, differences in the age and sex dependency between countries were noted with the common tendency that male excess risk for COVID-19 mortality was smaller in the second half of the year.
format	article
author	Peter Bauer Jonas Brugger Franz König Martin Posch
author_facet	Peter Bauer Jonas Brugger Franz König Martin Posch
author_sort	Peter Bauer
title	An international comparison of age and sex dependency of COVID-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis
title_short	An international comparison of age and sex dependency of COVID-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis
title_full	An international comparison of age and sex dependency of COVID-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis
title_fullStr	An international comparison of age and sex dependency of COVID-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis
title_full_unstemmed	An international comparison of age and sex dependency of COVID-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis
title_sort	international comparison of age and sex dependency of covid-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/d3641e237a4c41e5a039d5d92ea99e8b
work_keys_str_mv	AT peterbauer aninternationalcomparisonofageandsexdependencyofcovid19deathsin2020adescriptiveanalysis AT jonasbrugger aninternationalcomparisonofageandsexdependencyofcovid19deathsin2020adescriptiveanalysis AT franzkonig aninternationalcomparisonofageandsexdependencyofcovid19deathsin2020adescriptiveanalysis AT martinposch aninternationalcomparisonofageandsexdependencyofcovid19deathsin2020adescriptiveanalysis AT peterbauer internationalcomparisonofageandsexdependencyofcovid19deathsin2020adescriptiveanalysis AT jonasbrugger internationalcomparisonofageandsexdependencyofcovid19deathsin2020adescriptiveanalysis AT franzkonig internationalcomparisonofageandsexdependencyofcovid19deathsin2020adescriptiveanalysis AT martinposch internationalcomparisonofageandsexdependencyofcovid19deathsin2020adescriptiveanalysis
_version_	1718376939885953024

An international comparison of age and sex dependency of COVID-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis

Ejemplares similares