Year: 2024
Publisher: Fundación Weber
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic in Spain caused excess mortality in 2020, due to COVID-19, but also to other causes of mortality associated with the indirect impact of the health crisis. The aim of this study was to estimate excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain due to non-COVID-19 causes of death, comparing mortality and hospital discharges due to exitus in 2020 and 2021 versus the period 2015-2019. In an exploratory way, we analysed how hospital saturation influenced the increase in deaths from non-COVID-19 causes, especially respiratory diseases, circulatory diseases and cancer. Although a direct relationship cannot be confirmed, the results show a change in mortality patterns, with an increase in out-of-hospital deaths during the peaks of the pandemic.
How to cite: Ferrer Roca, R., González del Castillo, JM., Menéndez Villanueva, R., Sanclemente, MC., Paredes Deiros, R., Malagón, J., Castro, C., Merino, M., Martín Lorenzo, T. (2024). Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain due to non-COVID-19 causes of death. Weber Foundation. Madrid, Spain.