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Eur J Public Health
. 2024 Jan 24:ckad230.
doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad230. Online ahead of print. Area-level excess mortality in times of COVID-19 in Switzerland: geographical, socioeconomic and political determinants
Julien Riou 1 2 , Radoslaw Panczak 1 , Garyfallos Konstantinoudis 3 , Matthias Egger 1 4 5
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related excess mortality in Switzerland is well documented, but no study examined mortality at the small-area level. We analysed excess mortality in 2020 for 2141 Swiss municipalities using a Bayesian spatiotemporal model fitted to 2011-19 data. Areas most affected included the Ticino, the Romandie and the Northeast. Rural areas, municipalities within cross-border labour markets, of lower socioeconomic position and with less support for control measures in the popular vote on the COVID-19 Act had greater excess mortality. Particularly vulnerable municipalities require special efforts to mitigate the impact of pandemics.
. 2024 Jan 24:ckad230.
doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad230. Online ahead of print. Area-level excess mortality in times of COVID-19 in Switzerland: geographical, socioeconomic and political determinants
Julien Riou 1 2 , Radoslaw Panczak 1 , Garyfallos Konstantinoudis 3 , Matthias Egger 1 4 5
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- PMID: 38268201
- DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad230
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related excess mortality in Switzerland is well documented, but no study examined mortality at the small-area level. We analysed excess mortality in 2020 for 2141 Swiss municipalities using a Bayesian spatiotemporal model fitted to 2011-19 data. Areas most affected included the Ticino, the Romandie and the Northeast. Rural areas, municipalities within cross-border labour markets, of lower socioeconomic position and with less support for control measures in the popular vote on the COVID-19 Act had greater excess mortality. Particularly vulnerable municipalities require special efforts to mitigate the impact of pandemics.