The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay: 2020 - 2022
Introduction. Few studies examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay. Objective. Quantifying the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay between 2020 and 2022. Material and Method. A custom Bayesian structural time series analysis wi...
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| description | Introduction. Few studies examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay. Objective. Quantifying the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay between 2020 and 2022. Material and Method. A custom Bayesian structural time series analysis with autoregressive (AR1) and seasonal components was used to predict counterfactual counts of all-cause mortality and compute excess death. Results. Paraguay reported 122,360 all-cause deaths between 2020-22, compared to an expected 88,988 deaths had the pandemic not occurred, a relative excess mortality of 38%. It is likely that Paraguay undercounted COVID-19 related deaths in the first year of the pandemic. Conclusion. The results presented in this paper extended the knowledge on the impact of COVID-19 on all-cause mortality in the context of Paraguay, being a valuable decision tool for public policy makers. Overall, Paraguay presented good quality of all-cause mortality data, however, high excess mortality should raise concern. Further research is needed to shed light on gender-specific, age-structural or geographical differences and to further identify inequalities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-913b09bbc3ab4a2388f892de5595f56c2025-08-20T02:43:58ZspaUniversidad del PacíficoRevista Científica Ciencias de la Salud2664-28912024-12-016010710.53732/rccsalud/2024.e6155629The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay: 2020 - 2022Andreas Schneider0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-1097Autor independienteIntroduction. Few studies examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay. Objective. Quantifying the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay between 2020 and 2022. Material and Method. A custom Bayesian structural time series analysis with autoregressive (AR1) and seasonal components was used to predict counterfactual counts of all-cause mortality and compute excess death. Results. Paraguay reported 122,360 all-cause deaths between 2020-22, compared to an expected 88,988 deaths had the pandemic not occurred, a relative excess mortality of 38%. It is likely that Paraguay undercounted COVID-19 related deaths in the first year of the pandemic. Conclusion. The results presented in this paper extended the knowledge on the impact of COVID-19 on all-cause mortality in the context of Paraguay, being a valuable decision tool for public policy makers. Overall, Paraguay presented good quality of all-cause mortality data, however, high excess mortality should raise concern. Further research is needed to shed light on gender-specific, age-structural or geographical differences and to further identify inequalities.https://revistascientificas.upacifico.edu.py/index.php/PublicacionesUP_Salud/article/view/650all-cause mortalityexcess mortalitycovid-19paraguay |
| spellingShingle | Andreas Schneider The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay: 2020 - 2022 Revista Científica Ciencias de la Salud all-cause mortality excess mortality covid-19 paraguay |
| title | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay: 2020 - 2022 |
| title_full | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay: 2020 - 2022 |
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| title_short | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all-cause mortality in Paraguay: 2020 - 2022 |
| title_sort | impact of the covid 19 pandemic on all cause mortality in paraguay 2020 2022 |
| topic | all-cause mortality excess mortality covid-19 paraguay |
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