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Alberta saw 'significant increase' in excess deaths during the pandemic, especially among young people: report
Jordan Kanygin
CTV News Calgary Video Journalist
Updated May 10, 2022 5:53 p.m. EDT
Published May 10, 2022 3:09 p.m. EDT
A report done by five Alberta Health Services officials suggests excess death rates in the province increased during the first year-and-a-half of the pandemic, especially among younger Albertans.
The report was published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases and compared the period of January 2020 to May 2021 to previous years to determine excess mortality.
Excess mortality is the percentage of deaths that occur more than expected during a certain time period and can help officials better understand the direct and indirect consequences of the pandemic.
The report found deaths in Alberta increased by 11 per cent during the 17 months that were studied.
"Increase in all cause-excess deaths was proportionately higher, and in significantly greater numbers, in the younger age groups," the report says.
COVID-19 accounted for a majority of the excess deaths, the report found, while drug poisoning deaths attributed to 18 per cent of the increase in mortality with people between the ages of 25 and 60 most affected by the latter.
In an email to CTV News, AHS said they recommend these findings be factored into public policy decisions on epidemic/pandemic management...
Alberta saw 'significant increase' in excess deaths during the pandemic, especially among young people: report
Jordan Kanygin
CTV News Calgary Video Journalist
Updated May 10, 2022 5:53 p.m. EDT
Published May 10, 2022 3:09 p.m. EDT
A report done by five Alberta Health Services officials suggests excess death rates in the province increased during the first year-and-a-half of the pandemic, especially among younger Albertans.
The report was published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases and compared the period of January 2020 to May 2021 to previous years to determine excess mortality.
Excess mortality is the percentage of deaths that occur more than expected during a certain time period and can help officials better understand the direct and indirect consequences of the pandemic.
The report found deaths in Alberta increased by 11 per cent during the 17 months that were studied.
"Increase in all cause-excess deaths was proportionately higher, and in significantly greater numbers, in the younger age groups," the report says.
COVID-19 accounted for a majority of the excess deaths, the report found, while drug poisoning deaths attributed to 18 per cent of the increase in mortality with people between the ages of 25 and 60 most affected by the latter.
In an email to CTV News, AHS said they recommend these findings be factored into public policy decisions on epidemic/pandemic management...
