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The Impact of COVID-19 on Mortality in Spain: Monitoring Excess Mortality (MoMo) and the Surveillance of Confirmed COVID-19 Deaths.
León-Gómez, Inmaculada; Mazagatos, Clara; Delgado-Sanz, Concepción; Frías, Luz; Vega-Piris, Lorena; Rojas-Benedicto, Ayelén; Larrauri, Amparo.
  • León-Gómez I; National Centre of Epidemiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
  • Mazagatos C; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Institute of Health Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
  • Delgado-Sanz C; National Centre of Epidemiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
  • Frías L; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Institute of Health Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
  • Vega-Piris L; National Centre of Epidemiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
  • Rojas-Benedicto A; Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Institute of Health Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
  • Larrauri A; CIRCITER S.L., 28005 Madrid, Spain.
Viruses ; 13(12)2021 12 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1554893
ABSTRACT
Measuring mortality has been a challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we compared the results from the Spanish daily mortality surveillance system (MoMo) of excess mortality estimates, using a time series analysis, with those obtained for the confirmed COVID-19 deaths reported to the National Epidemiological Surveillance Network (RENAVE). The excess mortality estimated at the beginning of March 2020 was much greater than what has been observed in previous years, and clustered in a very short time. The cumulated excess mortality increased with age. In the first epidemic wave, the excess mortality estimated by MoMo was 1.5 times higher than the confirmed COVID-19 deaths reported to RENAVE, but both estimates were similar in the following pandemic waves. Estimated excess mortality and confirmed COVID-19 mortality rates were geographically distributed in a very heterogeneous way. The greatest increase in mortality that has taken place in Spain in recent years was detected early by MoMo, coinciding with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. MoMo is able to identify risk situations for public health in a timely manner, relying on mortality in general as an indirect indicator of various important public health problems.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: V13122423

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: V13122423