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Un an après. Analyse de la variation sociodémographique de la surmortalité de 2020 liée à la Covid-19 en Belgique

Authors

  • Mélanie Bourguignon
  • Joan Damiens
  • Yoann Doignon
  • Thierry Eggerickx

Keywords:

Covid-19, Belgium, socio-demographic inequalities, mortality

Abstract

Between March 2020 and February 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic generated almost 22,000 deaths in Belgium, the deadliest episode in its demographic history since World War II. In a comparative perspective of the different waves of the pandemic, the main objective of this article is to assess the excess mortality related to Covid-19 according to age, sex, household situation and social group. Analyses are based on aggregated data provided by STATBEL (Belgian statistical office). Indicators of excess mortality are calculated in order to compare the situation in the year 2020 with that observed during the reference period 2015-2019. From the data of the National Register, mortality tables per sex, region and social group were calculated. They make it possible to estimate the loss of life expectancy in 2020 compared to 2019 and the specific contribution of the different age groups to this decrease.

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Published

2022-11-16

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