Excess Mortality Associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic in Romania
The aim of the paper is to determine if there was an excess mortality in Romania in the 2020-2021 interval and to establish if this excess is explained only by increasing mortality directly resulting from Covid19 disease or/and by collateral deaths from various causes. Due to the fact that a simple...
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| description | The aim of the paper is to determine if there was an excess mortality in Romania in the 2020-2021 interval and to establish if this excess is explained only by increasing mortality directly resulting from Covid19 disease or/and by collateral deaths from various causes. Due to the fact
that a simple international comparison of data directly associated with deaths caused by
COVID-19 appears more and more debatable, the new approach of European Official Statistics (Eurostat), but also of other international statistical bodies by calculating an indicator of excess mortality over a period compared to a reference period (2016-2019), appears as a valid general measure of the health crisis real impact on the total mortality in a region/country. Based on these new statistics our findings reveal that Romania’s excess mortality was caused by Covid19 disease but also in same proportion by collateral deaths. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-93d9f8e64b6a4444b61f0a9c07983c302022-12-22T03:32:17ZengOvidius University PressOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series2393-31272022-09-01XXII1211Excess Mortality Associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic in RomaniaDalina-Maria Andrei0Institute of Economic Forecasting, Romania The aim of the paper is to determine if there was an excess mortality in Romania in the 2020-2021 interval and to establish if this excess is explained only by increasing mortality directly resulting from Covid19 disease or/and by collateral deaths from various causes. Due to the fact that a simple international comparison of data directly associated with deaths caused by COVID-19 appears more and more debatable, the new approach of European Official Statistics (Eurostat), but also of other international statistical bodies by calculating an indicator of excess mortality over a period compared to a reference period (2016-2019), appears as a valid general measure of the health crisis real impact on the total mortality in a region/country. Based on these new statistics our findings reveal that Romania’s excess mortality was caused by Covid19 disease but also in same proportion by collateral deaths. https://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2022-2/Section%201%20and%202/1.pdfmortalitycovid19 pandemicexcess mortalityromania |
| spellingShingle | Dalina-Maria Andrei Excess Mortality Associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic in Romania Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series mortality covid19 pandemic excess mortality romania |
| title | Excess Mortality Associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic in Romania |
| title_full | Excess Mortality Associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic in Romania |
| title_fullStr | Excess Mortality Associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic in Romania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Excess Mortality Associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic in Romania |
| title_short | Excess Mortality Associated with the Covid-19 Pandemic in Romania |
| title_sort | excess mortality associated with the covid 19 pandemic in romania |
| topic | mortality covid19 pandemic excess mortality romania |
| url | https://stec.univ-ovidius.ro/html/anale/RO/2022-2/Section%201%20and%202/1.pdf |
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