Inequalities in mortality during the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

Excess deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic - both related and unrelated to coronavirus infection - have been unequally distributed geographically and socioeconomically. In this study we model geographic and socioeconomic patterns in excess deaths for major underlying causes of death during the pandemic.

Core research team

• Ana Castro (Department of Health Sciences, University of York)
• Tim Doran (Department of Health Sciences, University of York)
• Evangelos Kontopantelis (University of Manchester)
• Mamas Mamas (Keele University)

Outputs

• Kontopantelis, E., Mamas, M. A., Deanfield, J., Asaria, M., & Doran, T. Excess mortality in England and Wales during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. J Epidemiol Community Health 2021;75:213-223.

Funding: Wellcome Trust (Grant No. 205427/Z/16/Z) from 2020 to 2022