Excess Mortality in Austria during the COVID-19 Pandemic
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v54i4.2032Abstract
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mortality in Austria is investigated. A recent pre-pandemic generation life table is developed. Using this pre-pandemic life table, the expected number of deaths for the years 2020 to 2023 is derived. Comparing the expected number of deaths to the observed number of deaths during the pandemic years yields the excess mortality for Austria in the years 2020 to 2023.
The Austrian life table can be adjusted to the Austrian federal states, yielding for each Austrian federal state the excess mortality for the pandemic years. The excess mortality varies substantially across federal states and during the pandemic years.
The results are discussed against some state-specific health-related and economic quantities, yielding correlations of excess mortality with age, medical care, economic quantities, and COVID-19 related quantities.
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