COVID-19 and all-cause-mortality; differential trends between countries and selected states of India

Authors

  • Jaideep C. Menon Preventive Cardiology and Population Health Sciences, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
  • Rakesh P. Suseela Department of Public Health, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
  • Omesh K. Bharti State Epidemiological officer, State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Himachal Pradesh, India
  • Kaushik Mishra Superintendent, Head of Community Medicine, Shri Jagannath Medical College and Hospital, Puri, Odisha, India
  • Basanta Swain Head, State Surveillance unit, IDSP, Directorate of Public health, Government of Odisha
  • Sunil Raina Department of Community Medicine, Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda
  • Denny John Department of Public Health, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
  • Chandrasekhar Janakiram Department of Dentistry and Public Health, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
  • Amitava Banerjee Department of Public Health, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India Institute of Health Informatics, University College of London, London, UK and Adjunct Faculty, Department of Public health, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20213816

Keywords:

COVID19, All-cause-mortality, Non-communicable diseases, Case-fatality rate

Abstract

By 22nd January 2021, the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus had infected over 98 million and 10.6 million individuals globally and in India, with 1.7 million and 153, 067 deaths, respectively. Case Fatality rates (CFR) due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) have varied significantly between countries. In order to understand the true impact of the pandemic, we should report coronavirus (COVID-19) mortality in the context of all-cause and non-COVID-19 mortality, and compare with previous years. The consequences of the pandemic have been, and will be, different in different settings within and across countries. To compare the all-cause mortality in the year 2020 with previous years in three selected states of India correlate it to the burden of COVID19 and compare all-cause mortality between three states of India to four high income countries. We provide quantitative data in three states across India (Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Odisha) and compare with high-income countries to illustrate the importance of context-specific data monitoring and public health responses. There was a 1.9% increase in deaths, with 2.8% decrease in births in 2020, compared to 2019 in Himachal Pradesh, 13.3 and 9.2% decrease in Kerala and 16.7% and 21.4% decrease in Odisha. There was a direct correlation of all cause mortality to CFR on comparison between three states of India and despite the enormous burden of COVID19 in India all-cause mortality was lower compared to previous years in addition to the CFR due to COVID 19 being lower than in selected HICs.

 

 

Author Biography

Jaideep C. Menon, Preventive Cardiology and Population Health Sciences, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India

Head, Preventive Cardiology & Population Health Sciences

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Published

2021-09-27

How to Cite

Menon, J. C., Suseela, R. P., Bharti, O. K., Mishra, K., Swain, B., Raina, S., John, D., Janakiram, C., & Banerjee, A. (2021). COVID-19 and all-cause-mortality; differential trends between countries and selected states of India. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 8(10), 5040–5044. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20213816

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