Excess All-Cause Deaths during Coronavirus Disease Pandemic, Japan, January–May 2020

Excess All-Cause Deaths during Coronavirus Disease Pandemic, Japan, January–May 2020

To provide insight into the mortality burden of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan, we estimated the excess all-cause deaths for each week during the pandemic, January–May 2020, by prefecture and age group. We applied quasi-Poisson regression models to vital statistics data. Excess deaths were...

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Main Authors: Takayuki Kawashima, Shuhei Nomura, Yuta Tanoue, Daisuke Yoneoka, Akifumi Eguchi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Kentaro Matsuura, Shoi Shi, Koji Makiyama, Shinya Uryu, Yumi Kawamura, Shinichi Takayanagi, Stuart Gilmour, Hiroaki Miyata, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Takuri Takahashi, Yuuki Tsuchihashi, Yusuke Kobayashi, Yuzo Arima, Kazuhiko Kanou, Motoi Suzuki, Masahiro Hashizume
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
coronavirus disease
COVID-19
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
SARS-CoV-2
viruses
respiratory infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/3/20-3925_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/3/20-3925_article

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