Age at death during the Covid-19 lockdown in French metropolitan regions: a non parametric quantile regression approach
Jonathan Roux,
Marlène Faisant,
Diane François
et al.
Abstract:Background
Lockdowns have been implemented to limit the number of hospitalisations and deaths during the first wave of 2019 coronavirus disease. These measures may have affected differently death characteristics, such age and sex. France was one of the hardest hit countries in Europe with a decreasing east–west gradient in excess mortality. This study aimed at describing the evolution of age at death quantiles during the lockdown in spring 2020 (17 March—11 May 2020) in the French metropolitan … Show more
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