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Excess mortality in different regions of China during the outbreak of COVID-19: findings from nationwide Disease Surveillance Point system

  • Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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Grant number: C19-IUC-336

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  • Principal Investigator

    Professor Zhengming Chen

  • Research Location

    China

  • Lead Research Institution

    MRC Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Epidemiological studies

  • Research Subcategory

    Disease surveillance & mapping

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

National death data was used in 605 urban districts/rural counties (population >300m) in the China's nationally representative Disease Surveillance Point (DSP) system to estimate excess mortality during the three-month outbreak of COVID-19 (1st January to 31st March 2020) were calculated and compared with the predicted or mean rates for 2015-19 in different areas.