High excess mortality in areas with young and socially vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 outbreak in Stockholm Region, Sweden
Introduction We aimed to describe the distribution of excess mortality (EM) during the first weeks of the COVID-19 outbreak in the Stockholm Region, Sweden, according to age, sex and sociodemographic context.Methods Weekly all-cause mortality data were obtained from Statistics Sweden for the period...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020-10-01
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Series: | BMJ Global Health |
Online Access: | https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/10/e003595.full |