Years of life lost associated with COVID-19 deaths in the USA during the first year of the pandemic

Quast, Troy; Andel, Ross; Gregory, Sean; Storch, Eric A.

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“…Relatedly, it is assumed that COVID-19 has prematurely taken the lives of persons who would probably have died during the year mortalitet od kovid-19 oboljenja u beogradu covid-19 mortality in belgrade (but at a later time) [16]. Bearing this in mind, it would be of value to perform research according to the Burden of Disease methodology at the national and subnational levels (in Serbia and in Belgrade, for instance), as has already been done in some countries [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35].…”

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“…U tom svetlu, bilo bi dragoceno da se sprovedu istraživanja po metodologiji Opterećenja društva bolešću (engl. Burden of Disease) na nacionalnom i subnacionalnom nivou (u Srbiji i u Beogradu, na primer), kao što je to već urađeno u nekim zemljama [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35].…”

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“…Ostaje da se u studijama koje koriste metodologiju mortalitet od kovid-19 oboljenja u beogradu covid-19 mortality in belgrade on vulnerable groups, in order to maintain and improve their life expectancy. What remains is to determine, in studies applying the Burden of Disease methodology, how many years of life has the population of Belgrade lost due to premature death from COVID-19 (Years of Life Lost Due to COVID-19), as well as how many years of life have been spent with disability due to COVID-19 (Years Lived with Disability Due to COVID-19) [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34].…”

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“…years of life lost due to , kao i koliko je godina života provedeno u nesposobnosti zbog KOVID-19 bolesti (engl. years lived with disability due to COVID-19) [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34].…”

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COVID-19 mortality in Belgrade

Rosić¹,

Santric-Milicevic²

2021

Srpski medicinski časopis Lekarske komore

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Introduction: Mortality data are the most reliable indicators of the number of lives that a community has lost due to COVID-19 and represent the minimum data necessary for public health decision-making. Aim: The aim of the study is to describe the basic characteristics of population mortality from COVID-19 in Belgrade in 2020. Methods: The unit of observation in this cross-sectional study for the description of mortality from COVID-19 in 2020 was the population of Belgrade (total, by sex, and by age intervals). COVID-19 was analyzed as the main cause of death (ICD-10: U071, U072). The number and the structure of deaths (%), the crude death rate (per 1,000 population) and the specific death rate (per 100,000 population) were analyzed. The data sources for the study were official statistics on vital events of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Results: In 2020, 10.5% of the total number of deaths were due to COVID-19, and the majority of deaths was from the male contingent of Belgrade residents. The mortality rate due to COVID-19 was 158.78 per 100,000 population (211.7 for males and 111.4 for females). COVID-19 was the second leading cause of death in Belgrade. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate the existence of premature mortality in Belgrade. In 2020, COVID-19 was the second leading cause of death among the male residents of Belgrade, while in female residents, it was the third leading cause of mortality. This research provides evidence that can contribute to the international discussion about societal losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19 mortality in Belgrade

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Santric-Milicevic²

2021

Srpski medicinski časopis Lekarske komore

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“…For example, there were 1,767–1,981 DALYs per 100,000 person-years due to COVID-19 during 2020 in Scotland 47 , 4.9 (20 January to 24 April 2020) in Korea 48 , and 368 in Germany in 2020 49 . There were 1200 YLLs per 100,000 capita during the first year of the pandemic in USA 50 . Based on the reported COVID-19 death data, the DALYs per 100,000 person-years were approximately similar to those reported for Germany.…”

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Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to the direct health impact of COVID-19 in India, 2020

Devleesschauwer

Khatkar

Lowerison³

et al. 2021

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COVID-19 has affected all countries. Its containment represents a unique challenge for India due to a large population (>1.38 billion) across a wide range of population densities. Assessment of the COVID-19 disease burden is required to put the disease impact into context and support future pandemic policy development. Here, we present the national-level burden of COVID-19 in India in 2020 that accounts for differences across urban and rural regions and across age groups. Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) due to COVID-19 were estimated in the Indian population in 2020, comprised of years of life lost (YLL) and years lived with disability (YLD). Scenario analyses were conducted to account for excess deaths not recorded in the official data and for reported COVID-19 deaths. The direct impact of COVID-19 in 2020 in India was responsible for 14,106,060 (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 14,030,129–14,213,231) DALYs, consisting of 99.2% (95% UI 98.47–99.64%) YLLs and 0.80% (95% UI 0.36–1.53) YLDs. DALYs were higher in urban (56%; 95% UI 56–57%) than rural areas (44%; 95% UI 43.4–43.6) and in males (64%) than females (36%). In absolute terms, the highest DALYs occurred in the 51–60-year-old age group (28%) but the highest DALYs per 100,000 persons were estimated for the 71-80 year old age group (5,481; 95% UI 5,464–5,500 years). There were 4,823,791 (95% UI 4,760,908–4,924,307) DALYs after considering reported COVID-19 deaths only. The DALY estimations have direct and immediate implications not only for public policy in India, but also internationally given that India represents one sixth of the world’s population.

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Weeks of life lost to COVID‐19, the case of the United States

Cuong

2022

Immunity Inflam & Disease

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Background Years of life lost (YLL) is a preferable indicator to assess the mortality impact of COVID‐19. This indicator still has limits, however. Therefore, a new approach and its early‐death weeks (eDW) index has been recently proposed to alter YLL. This study aims to add a new approach, the moving excess‐deficit mortality model, and its method, the weeks of life lost (WLL) index. The new method was then used to measure WLL associated with COVID‐19 in the United States (US). Methods The natural mortality law and the random pattern of spreading COVID‐19 were employed to support calculating WLL. The natural mortality law implied that under the same living conditions and the weaker would die earlier. The random spreading of COVID‐19 assumed that COVID‐19 causes the weekly number of early deaths in equal proportions from all of those who would have died eventually distributed through the pandemic. Results From Week 02 of 2020 to Week 44 of 2021, we found that the US population has lost 56,270,300 weeks to COVID‐19; the average WLL per COVID‐19‐related death is 74 or 1.4 in the unit of years. Conclusions The results do not depend on the high heterogeneity of deaths (e.g., age, gender, health status) and on whether COVID‐19 is the main cause of death. The moving excess‐deficit mortality model and WLL index can be applied promptly at any time and anywhere once excess deaths occurred during the pandemic. The index also provides critical insights into COVID‐19, which can support making public health policies and decisions.

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Years of life lost associated with COVID-19 deaths in the USA during the first year of the pandemic

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COVID-19 mortality in Belgrade

COVID-19 mortality in Belgrade

Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to the direct health impact of COVID-19 in India, 2020

Weeks of life lost to COVID‐19, the case of the United States

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