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2021-10-29Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/9490
Emerging socio-economic disparities in COVID-19-related deaths during the second pandemic wave in Germany
dc.contributor.authorHoebel, Jens
dc.contributor.authorMichalski, Niels
dc.contributor.authorDiercke, Michaela
dc.contributor.authorHamouda, Osamah
dc.contributor.authorWahrendorf, Morten
dc.contributor.authorDragano, Nico
dc.contributor.authorNowossadeck, Enno
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-03T13:41:40Z
dc.date.available2022-01-03T13:41:40Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-29none
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.ijid.2021.10.037
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/9200
dc.description.abstractOver the course of the second pandemic wave in late 2020, new infections with severe acute respira- tory syndrome coronavirus-2 shifted from the most affluent to the most deprived regions of Germany. This study investigated how this trend in infections played out for deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by examining area-level socio-economic disparities in COVID-19-related mortality during the second pandemic wave in Germany. The analysis was based on nationwide data on notified deaths, which were linked to an area-based index of socio-economic deprivation. In the autumn and winter of 2020/2021, COVID-19-related deaths increased faster among residents in Germany’s more deprived dis- tricts. From late 2020 onwards, the mortality risks of men and women in the most deprived districts were 1.52 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.27 −1.82] and 1.44 (95% CI 1.19 −1.73) times higher than among those in the most affluent districts, respectively, after adjustment for age, urbanization and population density. To promote health equity in the pandemic and beyond, deprived populations should receive in- creased attention in pandemic planning, infection control and disease prevention.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectTo followeng
dc.subjectCOVID-19eng
dc.subjectAcute respiratory infectioneng
dc.subjectSocioeconomic factorseng
dc.subjectPlaceeng
dc.subjectHealth equityeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleEmerging socio-economic disparities in COVID-19-related deaths during the second pandemic wave in Germanynone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/9200-3
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/9490
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleInternational Journal of Infectious Diseasesnone
local.edoc.container-issn1878-3511none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221008328?via%3Dihubnone
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameInternational Journal of Infectious Diseasesnone
local.edoc.container-volume113none
local.edoc.container-year2021none
local.edoc.container-firstpage344none
local.edoc.container-lastpage346none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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