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International comparison of deaths before and excess deaths during the COVID pandemic

In this article, I present calculations to show that legacies from the past that generally determine the health of the population and are specific to each nation (health services, various aspects of the social and natural environment) are similarly decisive in the international differences in mortality caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of some factors remains unaltered, while others are much stronger in the case of COVID than during normal" times. Differences in health care spending, air pollution, smoking and alcohol consumption, income inequality and trust in the state are especially stronger during the COVID period.

LXXI. évf., 2024. January (5 - 21. O.), DOI:10.18414/KSZ.2024.1.5, Study

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