Publications by authors named "John Gabel"
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed health systems, resulting in a surge in excess deaths. This study clustered countries based on excess mortality to understand their response to the pandemic and the influence of various factors on excess mortality within each cluster.
Materials And Methods: This ecological study is part of the COVID-19 MORtality (C-MOR) Consortium.
Article Synopsis
- This study analyzed cause-specific mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 countries, focusing on respiratory diseases, pneumonia, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer in 2020 and 2021.
- It found significant reductions in mortality from respiratory diseases and pneumonia in most countries, although some like Georgia and Ukraine saw excess deaths from these causes.
- The research also indicated that stringent control measures helped lower excess mortality rates, while a higher incidence of COVID-19 negatively impacted certain types of mortality, particularly for cancer in 2021.
Introduction: To examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality, we estimated excess all-cause mortality in 24 countries for 2020 and 2021, overall and stratified by sex and age.
Methods: Total, age-specific and sex-specific weekly all-cause mortality was collected for 2015-2021 and excess mortality for 2020 and 2021 was calculated by comparing weekly 2020 and 2021 age-standardised mortality rates against expected mortality, estimated based on historical data (2015-2019), accounting for seasonality, and long-term and short-term trends. Age-specific weekly excess mortality was similarly calculated using crude mortality rates.
Article Synopsis
- - The study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excess mortality across 20 countries during 2020, focusing on overall mortality as well as differences based on sex and age.
- - By analyzing data from national vital statistics for the years 2015 to 2020, the researchers calculated excess mortality for 2020 by comparing observed weekly deaths to expected numbers based on historical trends.
- - Results showed significant excess mortality in several countries, particularly among older adults and generally higher in males, underscoring the need for ongoing monitoring to understand the pandemic's varied effects.
Article Synopsis
- * By analyzing age- and sex-specific death numbers up to August 2020, the study found 442,677 COVID-19 deaths, resulting in over 4.2 million PYLL, with significant variations among countries, particularly highlighting higher PYLL in North and South America, as well as some European nations.
- * The study emphasizes the importance of PYLL as a tool for assessing the demographic impact of COVID-19, suggesting that ongoing monitoring can inform targeted preventive measures, especially for vulnerable age groups. *
Article Synopsis
- The study examined excess all-cause mortality related to the COVID-19 pandemic among 22 countries up to August 2020, analyzing data from 2015 to 2019 for comparison.
- Researchers calculated excess mortality by comparing observed deaths in 2020 with baselines from previous years using two different methods.
- Findings showed that several countries, including Brazil and the USA, had increased mortality rates, while others like Australia saw decreases, indicating that geographical factors and control measures played a role in these variations.