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Lifestyle and excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Funded by Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: 1.04303E+13

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2023
    2023

  • Funder

    Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)

  • Principal Investigator

    dr. W Vermeulen

  • Research Location

    N/A

  • Lead Research Institution

    Stichting Economisch onderzoek

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Clinical characterisation and management

  • Research Subcategory

    Disease pathogenesis

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Not applicable

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there is excess mortality in the Netherlands. It is unclear what the cause is. This research focuses on the influence of lifestyle on the chance that a person will die during the pandemic. Two possible causes of death are central: death due to a COVID-19 infection and death due to a deteriorating lifestyle during the pandemic. We calculate the chance of dying from both causes. In this way we determine the effect of lifestyle factors on the risk of mortality and excess mortality before and during the pandemic. Our results can be directly used to understand the causes and consequences of excess mortality in the Netherlands. In the future, they can be used to investigate the effects of new mutations of the COVID-19 virus or to evaluate the effects of lifestyle policies on health more generally.