@article{Vestergaard_L-2020_5634,
title = {Excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe – preliminary pooled estimates from the EuroMOMO network, March to April 2020},
author = {Vestergaard, L. and Nielsen, J. and Richter, L. and Schmid, D. and Bustos, N. and Braye, T. and Denissov, G. and Veideman, T. and Luomala, O. and Möttönen, T. and Fouillet, A. and Caserio-Schönemann, C. and an der Heiden, M. and Uphoff, H. and Lytras, T. and Gkolfinopoulou, K. and Paldy, A. and Domegan, L. and O'Donnell, J. and de Donato, F. and Noccioli, F. and Hoffmann, P. and Velez, T. and England, K. and van Asten, L. and White, R. and Tønnessen, R. and da Silva, S. and Rodrigues, A. and Larrauri, A. and Delgado-Sanz, C. and Farah, A. and Galanis, I. and Junker, C. and Perisa, D. and Sinnathamby, M. and Andrews, N. and O'Doherty, M. and Marques, D. and Kennedy, S. and Olsen, S. and Pebody, R. and Krause, T. and Mølbak, K.},
month = {jul},
year = {2020},
abstract = {A remarkable excess mortality has coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. We present preliminary pooled estimates of all-cause mortality for 24 European countries/federal states participating in the European monitoring of excess mortality for public health action (EuroMOMO) network, for the period March–April 2020. Excess mortality particularly affected  ≥65 year olds (91% of all excess deaths), but also 45–64 (8%) and 15–44 year olds (1%). No excess mortality was observed in 0–14 year olds.},
volume = {25},
issue = {26},
journal = {Eurosurveillance},
publisher = {European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.26.2001214},
}
