![]() ![]() Overall, the WHO figures are actually lower than those separately compiled by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and The Economist, which put the figure at between 18 and 21 million respectively. Fatalities were also centred among the elderly, with 82 per cent of excess deaths estimated to have occurred in the over-60s. “We have found that the global death toll is higher for men than for women,” he said, a split of 57 per cent to 43 per cent. Global death toll higher for men than women ![]() The WHO said that middle-income countries - where both Covid testing and death registrations are patchy - account for 81 per cent of excess deaths in the first two years of the pandemic, compared to just 15 per cent in high-income nations.ĭr William Msemburi, an WHO official, added that the vast majority of deaths - some 68 per cent - were centred in just 10 countries, which include the United States, Russia and India. Even before the pandemic, around six in 10 deaths globally went unreported. The global disparity between official figures and excess deaths is not a surprise. Meanwhile some countries - including Australia, New Zealand and Japan - actually reported negative excess death rates, suggesting there were fewer fatalities than expected during 20. “By the end of the pandemic, it's likely that the UK will probably end up mid-table on various metrics that measure pandemic performance, such as excess mortality,” he told The Telegraph. However, early rollout of the vaccines, including the booster doses, will also have averted many deaths. She said that although the UK’s initial response was weak, the country “definitely did better post-vaccine rollout than other places”, which contributed to a lower excess death rate overall.ĭr Michael Head, a senior research fellow in global health at the University of Southampton, added: “There have been too many preventable deaths here in the UK during the pandemic. “The lesson from Sweden is to invest in your population's health and have less inequality,” Prof Devi Sridhar, the chairman of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, told The Telegraph. Low obesity rates played factorĪlthough Sweden fared worse than its Nordic neighbours, lower rates of obesity - a key risk factor for severe coronavirus disease - and a better-resourced healthcare system helped limit fatalities in the country. In 20, the country had an average excess death rate of 56 per 100,000 - compared to 109 in the UK, 111 in Spain, 116 in Germany and 133 in Italy. Sweden, which was criticised in the early stages of the pandemic for resisting a mandatory lockdown, had fewer deaths per capita than much of Europe. ![]() It also accounts for deaths averted during the pandemic, for example because of the lower risk of traffic accidents during lockdowns. The WHO analysis includes deaths directly linked to Covid but also indirect fatalities - including those unable to access healthcare for other conditions while services were overwhelmed or suspended. The UN health agency released estimates of excess deaths - people who died directly and indirectly from Covid - showing the pandemic had wrought a “staggering toll” worldwide, with 14.9 million fatalities, three times higher than fatalities officially reported.īritain, according to the new data, had a lower excess death rate than Spain, Germany and Italy.Įxperts said the difference demonstrated stringent lockdowns alone did not determine success when battling Covid-19. Sweden’s death rate during the Covid pandemic is among the lowest in Europe, despite the country refusing to impose strict lockdowns, according to new figures from the World Health Organisation. ![]()
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