Inequalities in Diabetes Mortality Between Microregions in Hungary.

Regional differences in diabetes mortality are high in Hungary. In our cross-sectional study, we aim to reveal the drivers of the inequalities in diabetes mortality across the 197 microregions of Hungary. To account for the influence of changes in healthcare and social conditions, we compared two periods (2009-12 and 2013-16).

[Age-specific regional characteristics of COVID-19 mortality in 2021].

Introduction: In most countries, COVID-19 mortality increases exponentially with age, but the growth rate varies considerably between countries. The different progression of mortality may reflect differences in population health, the quality of health care or coding practices.

Objective: In this study, we investigated differences in age-specific county characteristics of COVID-19 mortality in the second year of the pandemic.