COVID-19 Age-Mortality Curves for 2020 Are Flatter in Developing Countries Using Both Official Death Counts and Excess Deaths

COVID-19 Age-Mortality Curves for 2020 Are Flatter in Developing Countries Using Both Official Death Counts and Excess Deaths

Using official COVID-19 death counts for 64 countries and excess death estimates for 41 countries, this paper finds a higher share of pandemic-related deaths in 2020 were at younger ages in middle-income countries compared to high-income countries....

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Main Authors: Demombynes, Gabriel, de Walque, Damien, Gubbins, Paul, Urdinola, Beatriz Piedad, Veillard, Jeremy
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
EXCESS MORTALITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/718461634217653573/COVID-19-Age-Mortality-Curves-for-2020-Are-Flatter-in-Developing-Countries-Using-Both-Official-Death-Counts-and-Excess-Deaths
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36425

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/718461634217653573/COVID-19-Age-Mortality-Curves-for-2020-Are-Flatter-in-Developing-Countries-Using-Both-Official-Death-Counts-and-Excess-Deaths
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36425

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