TY - JOUR
AU - Charalampous, Periklis
AU - Haagsma, Juanita A.
AU - Cuschieri, Sarah
AU - Devleesschauwer, Brecht
AU - Pires, Sara M.
AU - Polinder, Suzanne
AU - Wyper, Grant M.A.
AU - Hatziyianni, Amalia
AU - Pallari, Elena
PY - 2023
DA - November
TI - Estimating Years of Life Lost due to COVID-19 over the first two years of the pandemic in Cyprus: comparisons across areas, age, and sex
JO - Discover Health Systems
VL - 2
IS - 1
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s44250-023-00051-9
AB - Knowledge about the extent of the COVID-19 mortality burden is important to inform policy-making decisions. To gain greater insights into the population health impact of COVID-19 mortality, Years of Life Lost (YLL) can be estimated. We aimed to determine YLL linked to COVID-19 over the first two years (March 2020–March 2022) of the pandemic in Cyprus, by areas, and by age and sex. COVID-19 YLL was estimated by multiplying COVID-19 mortality counts by age-conditional life expectancy from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease life table. COVID-19 accounted for 16,704 YLL over the first two years of the pandemic—approximately 18.5 years lost per individual who died due to COVID-19 and 1881 YLL per 100,000 population. YLL per 100,000 was higher among males compared to females (2485 versus 1303 per 100,000) and higher among older than younger individuals. COVID-19 deaths and YLL per 100,000 were higher in high population-dense areas of Cyprus, such as Limassol. Continued evaluations of COVID-19 YLL are needed to inform on the proportionate population impact of COVID-19, over time and across areas of Cyprus.
PB - Springer Nature
UR - https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/309039/
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
ER