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Community factors and excess mortality in the COVID-19 pandemic in England, Italy and Sweden
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Parkes, B. (author)
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Stafoggia, M. (author)
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Fecht, D. (author)
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Davies, B. (author)
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- Bonander, Carl (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
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Donato, F. D. (author)
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Michelozzi, P. (author)
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Piel, F. B. (author)
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- Strömberg, Ulf, 1964 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
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Blangiardo, M. (author)
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- 2023
- 2023
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In: European Journal of Public Health. - 1101-1262. ; 33:4, s. 695-703
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- Background Analyses of coronavirus disease 19 suggest specific risk factors make communities more or less vulnerable to pandemic-related deaths within countries. What is unclear is whether the characteristics affecting vulnerability of small communities within countries produce similar patterns of excess mortality across countries with different demographics and public health responses to the pandemic. Our aim is to quantify community-level variations in excess mortality within England, Italy and Sweden and identify how such spatial variability was driven by community-level characteristics. Methods We applied a two-stage Bayesian model to quantify inequalities in excess mortality in people aged 40 years and older at the community level in England, Italy and Sweden during the first year of the pandemic (March 2020-February 2021). We used community characteristics measuring deprivation, air pollution, living conditions, population density and movement of people as covariates to quantify their associations with excess mortality. Results We found just under half of communities in England (48.1%) and Italy (45.8%) had an excess mortality of over 300 per 100 000 males over the age of 40, while for Sweden that covered 23.1% of communities. We showed that deprivation is a strong predictor of excess mortality across the three countries, and communities with high levels of overcrowding were associated with higher excess mortality in England and Sweden. Conclusion These results highlight some international similarities in factors affecting mortality that will help policy makers target public health measures to increase resilience to the mortality impacts of this and future pandemics.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences (hsv//eng)
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- Environmental & Occupational Health
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Parkes, B.
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Stafoggia, M.
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Fecht, D.
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Davies, B.
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Bonander, Carl
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Donato, F. D.
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Michelozzi, P.
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Piel, F. B.
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Strömberg, Ulf, ...
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Blangiardo, M.
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