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. 2022 Dec:5:177-179.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.10.005. Epub 2022 Oct 29.

All-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru

Yanwen Liu  1 , Shi Zhao  2   3 , Lin Yang  4 , Lissette Aliaga-Linares  5 , Daihai He  1
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All-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru

Yanwen Liu et al. IJID Reg. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

There was heterogeneity in the median age of all-cause deaths in Peru during different waves of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Before predominance of the Omicron variant, the median age of deaths was lower than normal during the peaks of daily all-cause mortality. However, this increased above normal when the Omicron variant was predominant. The daily patterns of cause-specific deaths related directly and indirectly to COVID-19 in Peru were also investigated. Most excess deaths indirectly related to COVID-19 were caused primarily by diseases of the circulatory system, possibly due to disruption of medical services, and the majority of excess deaths directly related to COVID-19 were caused primarily by COVID-19 and diseases of the respiratory system.

Keywords: COVID-19; Excess mortality; Median age.

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None declared. The funding agencies had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data; preparation, review or approval of the manuscript; or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Daily confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Peru (top left). Daily all-cause deaths (top right). Daily COVID-19 deaths (bottom left). Median age of all-cause deaths (in red), bootstrap 99% confidence interval (shaded area) in Peru (bottom right).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Daily counts of four major groups of cause-specific mortality based on primary cause of death. Yellow lines show all registered deaths with cause of death information; blue lines exclude all registered deaths with ‘COV’ mentioned in at least one of the descriptions of the cause of death.
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