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covid-19

Health and mortality

Who felt lonely during the COVID-19 pandemic among European older adults?

May 22, 2023 Omar Paccagnella, Veronica Cassarà, Maria Iannario and Cosmo Strozza
covid-19, Europe, Health, Old age

Feelings of loneliness are not very widespread among European older adults (aged 50 years and over) according to SHARE data. And, surprisingly enough, according to the analysis of Omar Paccagnella, … Read more

Health and mortality

Kinlessness and loneliness before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Bruno Arpino, Christine A. Mair, Nekehia T. Quashie and Radoslaw Antczak
covid-19, Europe, Old age

The pre-COVID literature established that lacking a partner or children was among the risk factors for loneliness among older people. Bruno Arpino, Christine A. Mair, Nekehia T. Quashie, and Radoslaw … Read more

Health and mortality

Why and where are deaths under-reported in India?

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023 Krishna Kumar and Nandita Saikia
covid-19, India, Mortality

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of accurately counting deaths, classifying them by age, sex, place of residence and cause. Although formally mandatory since 1969, death registration … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Racial disparities in the adverse socio-economic outcomes of COVID-19 in the United States

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Deepthi Kolady and Weiwei Zhang
covid-19, racial disparities, USA, Work

Racial disparities in socio-economic and health outcomes are a topic of concern in the United States. As Deepthi Kolady and Weiwei Zhang show, they have also played a major role … Read more

Health and mortality

Life expectancy variation 2019–2021 and the role of Covid-19 vaccination

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Stefano Mazzuco and Stefano Campostrini
covid-19, Health, Mortality, world

Taking a broader and more long-term perspective on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on life expectancy may help scholars and policy makers to assess its true impact, and the … Read more

Health and mortality

The 2019-21 decline in global life expectancy

July 12, 2022July 11, 2022 Patrick Heuveline
covid-19, Mortality, world

The Covid-19 pandemic has induced the first decline in global life expectancy since World War II. Substantial uncertainty remains about the exact pace of the decline, Patrick Heuveline notes, but … Read more

Health and mortality

America’s pandemic of the unvaccinated

March 14, 2022 Joseph Chamie
Americas, coronavirus, covid-19, Health, Mortality, USA

The politicization of COVID-19 has changed America’s coronavirus pandemic from a serious public health concern into a major political issue and has contributed to vaccine avoidance. With many Americans declining … Read more

Health and mortality

The death toll of COVID-19 in Mexico in 2020

February 28, 2022 Víctor M. García-Guerrero and Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez
Americas, covid-19, Mortality

The impact of COVID-19 on period life expectancy (LE) in Mexico in 2020 was strong, much stronger, for instance, than that of the 10-year war on drugs. Víctor M. García-Guerrero … Read more

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Did you know?

January 30, 2022November 29, 2021 N-IUSSP
coronavirus, covid-19, England, graphics, Health, Mortality, USA

Mortality rates by vaccination status reveal that mortality is much higher among the unvaccinated.Conversely, absolute numbers (deaths by vaccination status) give no indication about the virus-protecting action of vaccines.

Health and mortality

COVID-19 pandemic: demographic highlights

May 20, 2021March 22, 2021 Joseph Chamie
covid-19, Fertility, Health, Migration, Mortality, world

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has resulted in enormous consequences worldwide. Joseph Chamie highlights the pandemic’s impact on the components of population change: mortality, fertility and migration. … Read more

Video

Why coronavirus death rates are so different

May 17, 2021December 17, 2020 N-IUSSP
coronavirus, covid-19, video
Health and mortality

Prevalence of chronic diseases associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19 in the Philippines

March 14, 2021November 9, 2020 Jeofrey B. Abalos
Asia, covid-19, Health, Mortality, Philippines

The Philippines has the one of the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia. Using the 2016 National Disability Prevalence Survey, Jeofrey B. Abalos describes the prevalence of chronic … Read more

Video

How coronavirus charts can mislead us

May 17, 2021September 14, 2020 N-IUSSP
coronavirus, covid-19, epidemic, Health, Mortality, video

Much of the data about the coronavirus epidemic and covid-19 is flawed. It is collected and reported in different ways by different countries, and almost certainly undercounts the number of … Read more

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