Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe - preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020

Euro Surveill. 2020 Jul;25(26):2001214. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.26.2001214.

Abstract

A remarkable excess mortality has coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. We present preliminary pooled estimates of all-cause mortality for 24 European countries/federal states participating in the European monitoring of excess mortality for public health action (EuroMOMO) network, for the period March-April 2020. Excess mortality particularly affected ≥ 65 year olds (91% of all excess deaths), but also 45-64 (8%) and 15-44 year olds (1%). No excess mortality was observed in 0-14 year olds.

Keywords: All-cause mortality; Covid-19 pandemic; EuroMOMO; Europe.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Cause of Death / trends*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / mortality*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Europe / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis
  • Influenza, Human / mortality*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mortality / trends
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / mortality*
  • Population Surveillance
  • Preliminary Data
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Young Adult