Observational studyPublic health2021
Impact of COVID-19 on birth rate trends in the Italian Metropolitan Cities of Milan, Genoa and Turin.
Observational study in Public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Human fertility after a disaster: a systematic literature review.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on marriage, divorce, birth, and death in Kerman province, the ninth most populous province of Iran.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Interrupted time series analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and compulsory social health insurance system on fertility rates: a study of live births in Kazakhstan, 2019-2023.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The Changing Trend of Paediatric Emergency Department Visits in Malaysia Following the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cureus · 2023Article
- Changes in marriage, divorce and births during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.BMJ global health · 2022Article
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- Erratum issued
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to major changes in the lives of people worldwide, including changes in personal and social habits. Faced with this global health emergency, governments have imposed strict mitigation measures. Within this context, and considering data from previous epidemics, it has been proposed that birth rates may have been negatively impacted. This study aimed to assess the trends in birth rates in three main industrial cities in Northern Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic. STUDY
designThis was a retrospective and observational study.
methodsData on birth rates were collected and compared for the cities of Milan, Genoa and Turin from November 2019 to January 2020 (i.e. before the COVID-19 pandemic) and during the same period of the following year (i.e. during the COVID-19 pandemic).
resultsBirth rates in the cities of Milan, Genoa and Turin decreased by 55%, 12% and 33%, respectively.
conclusionsThe decrease in birth rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in these three industrialised cities is in line with the demographic effects of previous pandemics. The negative impact of COVID-19 on conception may be a result of various underlying factors. Further studies are required to verify how social and demographic factors may influence birth rates during pandemics.
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