All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century

All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century

Abstract Background The COVID-19 mortality rate in Belgium has been ranked among the highest in the world. To assess the appropriateness of the country’s COVID-19 mortality surveillance, that includes long-term care facilities deaths and deaths in possible cases, the number of COVID-19 deaths was co...

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Main Authors: Natalia Bustos Sierra, Nathalie Bossuyt, Toon Braeye, Mathias Leroy, Isabelle Moyersoen, Ilse Peeters, Aline Scohy, Johan Van der Heyden, Herman Van Oyen, Françoise Renard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
Subjects:
COVID-19
Mortality
All-cause mortality
Excess mortality
Pandemic
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13690-020-00496-x

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