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 - 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
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