Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Southern Iran: Estimating the Absolute Count and Relative Risk Using Ecological Data

• Main Authors: Mohammadreza Zakeri (Author), Alireza Mirahmadizadeh (Author), Habibollah Azarbakhsh (Author), Seyed Sina Dehghani (Author), Maryam Janfada (Author), Mohammad Javad Moradian (Author), Leila Moftakhar (Author), Mehdi Sharafi (Author), Alireza Heiran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to increased mortality rates. To assess this impact, this ecological study aimed to estimate the excess death counts in southern Iran. Methods: The study obtained weekly death counts by linking the National Death Registry and Medical C...