High excess mortality in areas with young and socially vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 outbreak in Stockholm Region, Sweden

Introduction We aimed to describe the distribution of excess mortality (EM) during the first weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak in the Stockholm Region, Sweden, according to age, sex and sociodemographic context.Methods Weekly all-cause mortality data were obtained from Statistics Sweden for the period...

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Main Authors: Davide L Vetrano, Debora Rizzuto, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Tom Bellander, Laura Fratiglioni, Serhiy Dekhtyar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/10/e003595.full