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Abdi Tazeh A. Evaluation of Excess Deaths During COVID-19 Disease Pandemic from 2020 to 2022 in Maragheh, Iran. J Arak Uni Med Sci 2025; 28 (3)
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Health Department, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran , aliabditazeh1371@mrgums.ac.ir
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Introduction: The present study is conducted with the aim of analyzing excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in the population covered by Maragheh University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: Descriptive-analytical study that the number of recorded deaths and its information, including age, sex, and date of death, separately from 20 march 2020 to 19 march 2021 and 21 march 2021 to 20 March 2022, were extracted from the system of registration and classification of causes of death in Maragheh County. The number of expected deaths was calculated based on the number of deaths recorded in 21 march 2018 to 19 march 2020 of this system. In this way, the number of deaths separated by age, gender and date of death in these two years was extracted and after standardization, the death rates were calculated. These amounts were adjusted to the population of 20 march 2020 to 19 march 2021 and 21 march 2021 to 20 March 2022 to estimate the expected number of deaths for this period.
Results: from 20 march 2020 to 20 March 2022, 3821 deaths have been recorded in the causal system, and according to the expected 2958 deaths, 863 (29.17%) excess deaths have occurred. The rate of excess death in men was 24.59% and in women 35.41%, and the age group of 60 to 69 years had the highest rate of excess death. 96.06% (829 cases) of the excess deaths in these two years were attributed to the covid-19 disease, which was 97.85% and 94.36% in men and women, respectively. The highest amount of added death occurred in the third quarter of 2019, which was 72.17% more than the expected death in this period.
Conclusions: The rate of excess deaths is higher in the older age groups and in the female sex group, and also the number of excess deaths occurred during the occurrence of the waves of the COVID-19 disease, so by adopting correct and rational policies to prevent the occurrence of waves Care and treatment methods in older age groups will prevent the occurrence of a large number of excess deaths.
Methods: Descriptive-analytical study that the number of recorded deaths and its information, including age, sex, and date of death, separately from 20 march 2020 to 19 march 2021 and 21 march 2021 to 20 March 2022, were extracted from the system of registration and classification of causes of death in Maragheh County. The number of expected deaths was calculated based on the number of deaths recorded in 21 march 2018 to 19 march 2020 of this system. In this way, the number of deaths separated by age, gender and date of death in these two years was extracted and after standardization, the death rates were calculated. These amounts were adjusted to the population of 20 march 2020 to 19 march 2021 and 21 march 2021 to 20 March 2022 to estimate the expected number of deaths for this period.
Results: from 20 march 2020 to 20 March 2022, 3821 deaths have been recorded in the causal system, and according to the expected 2958 deaths, 863 (29.17%) excess deaths have occurred. The rate of excess death in men was 24.59% and in women 35.41%, and the age group of 60 to 69 years had the highest rate of excess death. 96.06% (829 cases) of the excess deaths in these two years were attributed to the covid-19 disease, which was 97.85% and 94.36% in men and women, respectively. The highest amount of added death occurred in the third quarter of 2019, which was 72.17% more than the expected death in this period.
Conclusions: The rate of excess deaths is higher in the older age groups and in the female sex group, and also the number of excess deaths occurred during the occurrence of the waves of the COVID-19 disease, so by adopting correct and rational policies to prevent the occurrence of waves Care and treatment methods in older age groups will prevent the occurrence of a large number of excess deaths.
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