Premature mortality attributable to COVID-19: potential years of life lost in 17 countries around the world, January–August 2020
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Published:2022-01-09
Issue:1
Volume:22
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ISSN:1471-2458
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Container-title:BMC Public Health
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language:en
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Short-container-title:BMC Public Health
Author:
Ugarte Maider Pagola, Achilleos SouzanaORCID, Quattrocchi Annalisa, Gabel John, Kolokotroni Ourania, Constantinou Constantina, Nicolaou Nicoletta, Rodriguez-Llanes Jose Manuel, Huang Qian, Verstiuk Olesia, Pidmurniak Nataliia, Tao Jennifer Wenjing, Burström Bo, Klepac Petra, Erzen Ivan, Chong Mario, Barron Manuel, Hagen Terje P., Kalmatayeva Zhanna, Davletov Kairat, Zucker Inbar, Kaufman Zalman, Kereselidze Maia, Kandelaki Levan, Le Meur Nolwenn, Goldsmith Lucy, Critchley Julia A., Pinilla Maria Angelica, Jaramillo Gloria Isabel, Teixeira Domingos, Goméz Lara Ferrero, Lobato Jackeline, Araújo Carolina, Cuthbertson Joseph, Bennett Catherine M., Polemitis Antonis, Charalambous Andreas, Demetriou Christiana A.,
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Understanding the impact of the burden of COVID-19 is key to successfully navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of a larger investigation on COVID-19 mortality impact, this study aims to estimate the Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) in 17 countries and territories across the world (Australia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Peru, Norway, England & Wales, Scotland, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United States [USA]).
Methods
Age- and sex-specific COVID-19 death numbers from primary national sources were collected by an international research consortium. The study period was established based on the availability of data from the inception of the pandemic to the end of August 2020. The PYLL for each country were computed using 80 years as the maximum life expectancy.
Results
As of August 2020, 442,677 (range: 18–185,083) deaths attributed to COVID-19 were recorded in 17 countries which translated to 4,210,654 (range: 112–1,554,225) PYLL. The average PYLL per death was 8.7 years, with substantial variation ranging from 2.7 years in Australia to 19.3 PYLL in Ukraine. North and South American countries as well as England & Wales, Scotland and Sweden experienced the highest PYLL per 100,000 population; whereas Australia, Slovenia and Georgia experienced the lowest. Overall, males experienced higher PYLL rate and higher PYLL per death than females. In most countries, most of the PYLL were observed for people aged over 60 or 65 years, irrespective of sex. Yet, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Israel, Peru, Scotland, Ukraine, and the USA concentrated most PYLL in younger age groups.
Conclusions
Our results highlight the role of PYLL as a tool to understand the impact of COVID-19 on demographic groups within and across countries, guiding preventive measures to protect these groups under the ongoing pandemic. Continuous monitoring of PYLL is therefore needed to better understand the burden of COVID-19 in terms of premature mortality.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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