Identifying age- and sex-specific COVID-19 mortality trends over time in six countries

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.12.004
• Publication Date: 2022-12-10T00:50:02Z
• Authors: Catalina Torres; Jenny García; France Meslé; Magali Barbieri; Florian Bonnet; Carlo Giovanni Ca...; Emmanuelle Cambois; Arianna Caporali; Étienne Couppié; Svitlana Poniakina; Jean-Marie Robine
• Keywords: Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is characterized by successive waves that each developed differently over time and through space. We aim to provide an in-depth analysis of the evolution mortality during 2020 2021 in a selection countries.We focus on five European countries United States. Using standardized age-specific rates, we address variations within between countries, demographic characteristics seasonality patterns.Our results highlight periods acceleration deceleration pace mortality, with substantial differences across countries. Periods stabilization were identified summer (especially 2020) among analyzed but not latter stands out as study population highest at young ages. In general, old ages, particularly winter. Compared women, men have higher rates most ages seasons.There for both sexes all 2021, continued be observed 75+, despite vaccinations having targeted those specifically.