All-cause and Covid-19 mortality in Qatar during the Covid-19 pandemic

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ID21879421
AuthorsAsma A AlNuaimi (Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar), Asma Ali Al-Nuaimi (Primary Health Care), HIAM CHEMAITELLY (0000-0002-8756-6968, Cornell University), Sandy Semaan (Primary Health Care), Sawsan AlMukdad (0000-0001-7390-0294, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar), Zaina Al Kanaani (0000-0003-2297-4255, Hamad Medical Corporation), Zaina Al-Kanaani (Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar), Anvar Hassan Kaleeckal (0000-0002-9650-4750, Hamad Medical Corporation), Ali Nizar Latif (0000-0001-9011-4391, Hamad Medical Corporation), Hamad Eid Al‐romaihi (0000-0003-1416-8499, Ministry of Public Health), Hamad Eid Al-Romaihi (Ministry of Public Health Qatar, Doha, Qatar), Adeel A Butt (0000-0002-1118-1826, Cornell University), Mohamed H Al‐Thani (0000-0003-2501-6941, Ministry of Public Health), Mohamed H Al-Thani (Ministry of Public Health Qatar, Doha, Qatar), Roberto Bertollini (0000-0003-3606-9344, Ministry of Public Health), Mariam Abdulmalik (Primary Health Care), Abdullatif Al-Khal (Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar), Abdullatif Al‐Khal (0000-0003-3737-8253, Hamad Medical Corporation), Laith J Abu‐raddad (0000-0003-0790-0506, Cornell University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume8
Issue5
Pagese012291
Publication date2023-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012291
PMID37142299
OpenAlexW4372330601
LanguageEN
References cited38

OBJECTIVE: To investigate all-cause mortality, COVID-19 mortality and all-cause non-COVID-19 mortality in Qatar during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A national, retrospective cohort analysis and national, matched, retrospective cohort studies were conducted between 5 February 2020 and 19 September 2022. RESULTS: There were 5025 deaths during a follow-up time of 5 247 220 person-years, of which 675 were COVID-19 related. Incidence rates were 0.96 (95% CI 0.93 to 0.98) per 1000 person-years for all-cause mortality, 0.13 (95% CI 0.12 to 0.14) per 1000 person-years for COVID-19 mortality and 0.83 (95% CI 0.80 to 0.85) per 1000 person-years for all-cause non-COVID-19 mortality. Adjusted HR, comparing all-cause non-COVID-19 mortality relative to Qataris, was lowest for Indians at 0.38 (95% CI 0.32 to 0.44), highest for Filipinos at 0.56 (95% CI 0.45 to 0.69) and was 0.51 (95% CI 0.45 to 0.58) for craft and manual workers (CMWs). Adjusted HR, comparing COVID-19 mortality relative to Qataris, was lowest for Indians at 1.54 (95% CI 0.97 to 2.44), highest for Nepalese at 5.34 (95% CI 1.56 to 18.34) and was 1.86 (95% CI 1.32 to 2.60) for CMWs. Incidence rate of all-cause mortality for each nationality group was lower than the crude death rate in the country of origin. CONCLUSIONS: Risk of non-COVID-19 death was low and was lowest among CMWs, perhaps reflecting the healthy worker effect. Risk of COVID-19 death was also low, but was highest among CMWs, largely reflecting higher exposure during first epidemic wave, before advent of effective COVID-19 treatments and vaccines

Cause of death · Cohort study · Disease · Mortality rate · Pandemic · Retrospective cohort study · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies · Demography · Medicine · Internal Medicine

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