dc.contributor.author | Aarstad, Jarle | |
dc.contributor.author | Kvitastein, Olav Andreas | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-12T09:00:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-12T09:00:20Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-03-14T12:56:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences (APJHS). 2023, 10 (1), 25-31. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2350-0964 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3062560 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose: We primarily study a possible link between 2021 COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Europe and monthly 2022 excess all-cause mortality, that is, mortality higher than before the pandemic. Methods and Results: Analyses of 31 countries weighted by population size show that all-cause mortality during the first 9 months of 2022 increased more the higher the 2021 vaccination uptake; a one percentage point increase in 2021 vaccination uptake was associated with a monthly mortality increase in 2022 by 0.105% (95% CI, 0.075–0.134). When controlling for alternative explanations, the association remained robust, and we discuss the result emphasizing causality as well as potential ecological fallacy. Furthermore, the study shows that 2021 all-cause mortality was lower the higher the vaccination uptake, but this association became non-significant when controlling for alternative explanations. Conclusion: Despite a possible preventive effect in 2021, we cannot rule out that COVID-19 vaccination uptake in Europe has led to increasing 2022 all-cause mortality between January and September. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | IJPMR Publishing Press | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Is There a Link between the 2021 COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake in Europe and 2022 Excess All-Cause Mortality? | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | ©2023 The Author(s). | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 25-31 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 10 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences (APJHS) | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.21276/apjhs.2023.10.1.6 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2133802 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |