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Brief Report Open Access November 10, 2021

A Note on Excess Mortality Attributable to COVID-19 in the United States

James A. Koziol 1 and Jan E. Schnitzer 1
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Proteogenomics Research Institute for Systems Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA
Publihed in: Current Research in Public Health (Volume 1, Issue 1, 2021)
Page(s): 62-65
DOI: 10.31586/gjeid.2021.164
Received
October 10, 2021
Revised
November 01, 2021
Accepted
November 09, 2021
Published
November 10, 2021
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic; Excess mortality; Difference in differences
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Koziol, J. A. , & Schnitzer, J. E. (2021). A Note on Excess Mortality Attributable to COVID-19 in the United States. Current Research in Public Health, 1(1), 62-65. https://doi.org/10.31586/gjeid.2021.164
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Koziol, J. A. ; Schnitzer, J. E. A Note on Excess Mortality Attributable to COVID-19 in the United States. Current Research in Public Health 2021 1(1), 62-65. https://doi.org/10.31586/gjeid.2021.164
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Koziol, James A., and Jan E. Schnitzer. 2021. "A Note on Excess Mortality Attributable to COVID-19 in the United States". Current Research in Public Health 1, no. 1: 62-65. https://doi.org/10.31586/gjeid.2021.164
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Koziol JA, Schnitzer JE. A Note on Excess Mortality Attributable to COVID-19 in the United States. Current Research in Public Health. 2021; 1(1):62-65. https://doi.org/10.31586/gjeid.2021.164 
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ABSTRACT = {Background: Annual influenza outbreaks constitute a major public health concern in the United States. But this health burden appears dwarfed by the impact of COVID-19. Our aim is to quantify the excess mortality attributable to COVID-19, compared to previous influenza seasons. Methods: We retrospectively compare weekly mortality figures attributable to influenza and pneumonia in the United States from 2013 to 2019 with corresponding figures attributable to influenza, pneumonia, and COVID-19 from 2019 to 2021. We utilize a difference in differences regression methodology to estimate excess mortality observed in 2019-21 compared to 2013-2019. Results: Mortality patterns attributable to influenza, pneumonia, and COVID-19 differ significantly from the 2013-19 experience. Notably, distinct, aperiodic mortality waves occur in the 2019-2021 window, and mortality is well in excess of what is observed in typical influenza seasons. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to considerable excess mortality in the United States, and has strained public health resources. One might expect that the mortality waves observed during the pandemic will be damped by increasing levels of vaccination, and prior infections.},
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