Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia: a population-level analysis of all-cause and noncommunicable disease deaths in 2020

Excess mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia: a population-level analysis of all-cause and noncommunicable disease deaths in 2020

Abstract Background Age-standardised noncommunicable disease (NCD) mortality and the proportion of the elderly population in Latvia are high, while public health and health care systems are underresourced. The emerging COVID-19 pandemic raised concerns about its detrimental impact on all-cause and n...

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Main Authors: Inese Gobiņa, Andris Avotiņš, Una Kojalo, Ieva Strēle, Santa Pildava, Anita Villeruša, Ģirts Briģis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Mortality
COVID-19
Excess deaths
Noncommunicable diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13491-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13491-4

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