Excess mortality in COVID-19-negative people with non-communicable disorders during the first pandemic wave
During the first pandemic year, mortality in COVID-negative adults was several times greater than before COVID-19, in people with matched NCD distribution and severity. Our findings suggest that low direct COVID-19 mortality was accompanied by less visible-but much higher- indirect mortality due to undiagnosed and/or untreated NCDs, highlighting the need to focus not only on mitigating the harms of new agents, but also of continuing service delivery for treatable conditions.
Authors
- Joseph H. Puyat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-5773)
- Lakshmi N. Yatham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7405-0954)
- Daniel Vigo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4445-4122)
- Krishna Pendakur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5773-8266)
- Julia Pei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6763-9218)
- Lonna Munro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8002-8008)
- Richard J. Munthali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8492-7409)
- Kristen L. Hudec (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8573-1491)
- Ronald C. Kessler
- S. Ferdous
- Raymond T. Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3692-8524)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia Hospital (CA)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Simon Fraser University (CA)
- Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21782-9
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research