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

CONCLUSIONS: There was a 26% increase in the death count in southern Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of these excess deaths were not directly related to COVID-19, but rather other causes, with cardiovascular diseases being a major contributor.PMID:38374708 | DOI:10.3961/jpmph.23.198

Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health - February 20, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mohammadreza Zakeri Alireza Mirahmadizadeh Habibollah Azarbakhsh Seyed Sina Dehghani Maryam Janfaday Mohammad Javad Moradian Leila Moftakhar Mehdi Sharafi Alireza Heiran Source Type: research