Joinpoint Regression to Determine the Impact of COVID-19 on Mortality in Europe: A Longitudinal Analysis From 2000 to 2020 in 27 Countries
Rovetta, A.
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The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represented the most extensive health emergency in human history. However, to date, there is still a lot of uncertainty about the exact death toll the pandemic has claimed. In particular, the number of official deaths could be vastly underestimated. Despite this, many conspirationists speculate that COVID-19 is not a dangerous disease. Therefore, in this manuscript, we use joinpoint regression analysis to estimate the impact of COVID-19 in 27 European countries by comparing annual mortality trends from 2000 to 2020. Furthermore, we provide accessible evidence even for a non-expert audience. Siegel (A1) and Holm-Bonferroni (A2) approaches were employed to assess the significance of the results separately. In conclusion, these results estimate that COVID-19 increased the overall mortality in Europe by 10% (A1: P < .001, A2: Adjusted P = .001). In 16 out of 27 countries (59.3%), the excess mortality ranged from 7.4% to 18.5% (A1: P < .003, A2: Adjusted P < .040). Comparison of the excess mortalities distribution to the null counterfactual showed that the mortality increase was highly significant across Europe (Adjusted P < .001).
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