Unravelling demographic and socioeconomic patterns of COVID-19 death and other causes of death: results of an individual-level analysis of exhaustive cause of death data in Belgium, 2020
This study identified important SD and SE disparities in COVID-19 mortality, with living in collectivities highlighted as the strongest predictor. This underlines the importance of implementing preventive measures, particularly within the most vulnerable populations, in infectious disease pandemic preparedness to reduce virus circulation and the resulting lethality.
Authors
- Sylvie Gadeyne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6890-1855)
- Brecht Devleesschauwer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2867-6892)
- Patrick Deboosere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8148-3694)
- Niko Speybroeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3322-3502)
- Aline Scohy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0510-5728)
- Katrien Vanthomme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5861-3852)
- Lisa Cavillot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4234-6718)
- Laura Van den Borre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5709-3533)
Institutions
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Sciensano (Belgium) (BE)
- UCLouvain (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01437-8
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57
Funders
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office