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The statistical office of the European Union states that the number of deaths was particularly high in some European countries compared to the average death rate in previous years.
According to the Office, from March to December of last year, 580 thousand cases were registered in the European Union. more deaths than in the same period in 2016-2020.
The start of excess mortality related to the pandemic is 2020. spring.
During the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, 25% higher mortality than in previous years.
Reuters / Photo by Scanpix / Fight against coronavirus in the Czech Republic
Subsequently, excess mortality decreased in May-July and increased again in August-September, with the start of the second wave of the pandemic in some countries.
Eurostat reports that the excess death rate in Europe was 8% in August and September, rose to 18% in October and peaked at 41% in November.
In December, the surplus of the death toll in the European Union fell to 30%.
According to Eurostat, although excess mortality was visible almost throughout the year, the peak and intensity of the outbreaks varied from country to country.
Lithuania is among the countries where the excessive number of deaths was often higher than the European Union average. The worst situation in Lithuania, unlike many European countries, was last December.
Eurostat reports that Lithuania ranked third (77.5%) in terms of surplus deaths at the time, second only to Slovenia (78.6%) and Liechtenstein (109.5%).
Lithuania is among the countries where the excessive number of deaths was often higher than the European Union average.
In January, for various reasons in our country there was 26.3 percent. higher mortality than in previous years. But then Lithuania was overtaken not only by Slovenia (26.9%), but also by Latvia (29%).
The worst situation in January was in Slovakia, which recorded 76.7 percent that month. more deaths than in previous years, as well as in Portugal (59.3%) and the Czech Republic (53.3%).
Although in November the surplus of deaths in Lithuania already reached 39% compared to other countries, it was not the highest either. At that time, the situation was worst in Poland (96.9%), Bulgaria (94.3%) and Slovenia (88.7%).
In October last year, the worst situation was in the Czech Republic, where additional deaths were recorded by 52.7 percent. In Lithuania, there were 6.1 percent of them. more than usual.
By the way, in Estonia, which recently faced a new outbreak of coronavirus infection, the excess mortality rate was 1.7% in October last year, in Latvia – 2.4%, and in Sweden up to 3, 3%. less than before the pandemic.
AFP / Scanpix photo / Living in Sweden after a month and a half of a pandemic
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, more deaths were recorded in Sweden than in previous years: 38.3% in April, 23.9% in May and 10.6% in June.
However, in July, August, September and October, fewer deaths were already recorded in Sweden than at the same time in 2016-2020.
Norway also breathed much more freely than other EU countries during the pandemic. The largest surplus of deaths was recorded last September and amounted to 4.8 percent. At that time, there were 3 percent deaths in Norway in December. less than in the same period of the previous year, and in January – 7.4 percent. less.
Scanpix / AP photo / Quarantine in Barcelona
In April of last year, the worst situation was in Spain. The excess mortality reached 79.4 percent in this country. Belgium ranked second (73.9%) and the Netherlands third (53.6%).
According to Eurostat, Spain had an excessive mortality rate almost all of last year, compared to 4% in June alone. lower than average.
In May, deaths in Spain were 4.4 percent. more than on average in the same month in 2016-2020, in June – 4.1 percent, in July – 8.4 percent, in August – 14 percent, in September – 17.6 percent, in October – 25 percent, in December – 9 percent, 4 percent. In January, the surplus of deaths in Spain was 18 percent.
Excess mortality is the unusual increase in mortality at a given time in a given population.
Eurostat determines this on the basis of an additional percentage of deaths compared to the corresponding previous period. The surplus of deaths in 2020 was estimated on the basis of the monthly average number of deaths in 2016-2020.
An excessive mortality rate can reveal the magnitude of the crisis and allow comparisons between countries. The causes of over-mortality may be different, however, the over-mortality registered last year and this year is clearly linked to COVID-19.
Excess death rates include COVID-19 deaths that were not correctly identified or reported, as well as deaths related to the general crisis, such as reduced access to healthcare.
Statistics also point out that quarantine restrictions have led to fewer trips during the pandemic in many countries, thus partly avoiding the various accidents that affected statistics from previous years.
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