ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2022
Preliminary Analysis of Excess Mortality in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- COVID mortality in India: National survey data and health facility deaths.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Estimates of pandemic excess mortality in India based on civil registration data.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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- Estimating national excess mortality from subnational data: application to Argentina.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
We studied all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 19 Indian states (population 1.27 billion). Excess mortality was calculated by comparison with years 2015 to 2019. The known COVID-19 deaths reported for a state were assumed to be accurate, unless excess mortality data suggested a higher toll. Data from one state were excluded due to anomalies. In several regions, fewer deaths were reported in 2020 than expected. Areas in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal saw spikes in mortality in Spring 2021. The pandemic-related mortality through August 31, 2021, in 18 Indian states was estimated to be 198.7 per 100,000 population (range 146.1-263.8 per 100,000). If these rates apply nationally, then 2.69 million people (range 1.98 to 3.57 million) may have perished in India as a result of the pandemic by August 31, 2021.
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