A German-Israeli research team examined the death data during the Corona period. Accordingly, the excess mortality in Germany was below that of neighboring European countries.
The excess mortality, i.e. the number of deaths in excess of the mortality usually expected, was lower in Germany than in neighboring European countries. This is the result of studies by a team of researchers from the University of Tübingen and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It processed the death data of around 100 countries during the corona pandemic in a comparable form.
No excess mortality in Denmark
According to this, Germany experienced excess mortality in the pandemic, with around 50 additional deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. However, this is much lower than in surrounding European countries (Netherlands: 110; Belgium: 140; France: 110; Switzerland: 100; Austria: 110, Czech Republic: 320; Poland: 310). The exception was Denmark, which had no excess mortality. The results of the German-Israeli research team were published online in the specialist journal “eLife”.
Fewer flu deaths
While the death rate in some Latin American countries increased by more than half in the pandemic, according to the study, fewer people died in Australia and New Zealand than in comparable periods before the pandemic. The team of researchers believe that this was due to the distance and hygiene rules, which reduced deaths from other infectious diseases such as flu. For Germany, too, it can be assumed that comparatively few people died of conventional respiratory diseases in the winter months.
Mortality can be influenced by many factors such as large heat waves, but also precautionary measures during a pandemic.
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