TY - JOUR
AU - Wyper, Grant M.A.
AU - Assunção, Ricardo
AU - Cuschieri, Sarah
AU - Devleesschauwer, Brecht
AU - Fletcher, Eilidh
AU - Haagsma, Juanita A.
AU - Hilderink, Henk B.M.
AU - Idavain, Jane
AU - Lesnik, Tina
AU - Von der Lippe, Elena
AU - Majdan, Marek
AU - Milicevic, Milena S.
AU - Pallari, Elena
AU - Peñalvo, José L.
AU - Pires, Sara M.
AU - Plab, Dietrich
AU - Santos, João V.
AU - Stockton, Diane L.
AU - Thomsen, Sofie Theresa
AU - Grant, Ian
PY - 2020
DA - May
TI - Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis
JO - Archives of Public Health
VL - 78
IS - 47
DO - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-020-00433-y
AB - Background - Evidence has emerged showing that elderly people and those with pre-existing chronic health conditions may be at higher risk of developing severe health consequences from COVID-19. In Europe, this is of particular relevance with ageing populations living with non-communicable diseases, multi-morbidity and frailty. Published estimates of Years Lived with Disability (YLD) from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study help to characterise the extent of these effects. Our aim was to identify the countries across Europe that have populations at highest risk from COVID-19 by using estimates of population age structure and YLD for health conditions linked to severe illness from COVID-19.
PB - Springer Nature
UR - https://publichealthscotland.scot/id/5586
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Older people
ER