The role of population structure when measuring COVID-19 impact across countries

Abstract

The search for accurate indicators to compare the pandemic impact between countries is still a challenge. The crude death rate, case fatality rate by country and sex, standardized fatality rate, and standardized death rate were calculated using data from Argentina and Colombia countries. We show that even when frequently used indicator as deaths per million are quite similar, 512 deaths per million in Argentina and 522 deaths per million in Colombia, a significant heterogeneity can be found when the mortality data is decomposed by sex or age.

The impact of Covid-19 on demographic components in Spain, 2020–31: A scenario approach

“…Research on the demographic consequences of the pandemic has focused particularly on excess deaths (e.g. Bramajo et al 2020;Weinberger et al 2020;Basellini et al 2021;Modig et al 2021) and the effect on life expectancy (e.g. Ghislandi et al 2020;Trias-Llimós et al 2020;Esteve et al 2021;Aburto et al 2022).…”