Differences in mortality in Switzerland by citizenship during the first and second Covid-19 waves
Analysis of death statistics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22084757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tino Plümecke (0000-0002-2416-4347, University of Freiburg, corresponding author), Heiner Mikosch (0000-0003-0793-9646, ETH Zurich), Steffen Mohrenberg, Linda Supik (Freie Universität Berlin), Isabelle Bartram (0000-0003-1035-8084, University of Freiburg), Nils Ellebrecht (0000-0002-9251-8506, University of Freiburg), Andrea zur Nieden (0000-0002-9242-3558, University of Freiburg), Laura Schnieder (0000-0002-1179-2686, University of Freiburg), Hannah Schönberger (University of Freiburg), Charlotte Schulze-Marmeling (University of Freiburg), Andreas Gutzeit (0009-0001-3867-1155, University of Lucerne) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 992122-992122 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2022.992122 |
| PMID | 36466481 |
| OpenAlex | W4309271108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
Background: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that members of marginalized populations and immigrants were also at risk of being hospitalized and dying more frequently from COVID-19. To examine how the pandemic affected underserved and marginalized populations, we analyzed data on changes in the number of deaths among people with and without Swiss citizenship during the first and second SARS-CoV-2 waves. Method: We analyzed the annual number of deaths from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office from 2015 to 2020, and weekly data from January 2020 to May 2021 on deaths of permanent residents with and without Swiss citizenship, and we differentiated the data through subdivision into age groups. Results: People without Swiss citizenship show a higher increase in the number of deaths in 2020 than those who were Swiss citizens. The increase in deaths compared to the previous year was almost twice as high for people without Swiss citizenship (21.8%) as for those with it (11.4%). The breakdown by age group indicates that among people between the ages of 64 and 75, those without Swiss citizenship exhibited an increase in mortality (21.6%) that was four times higher than that for people with Swiss citizenship (4.7%). Conclusion: This study confirms that a highly specialized health care system, as is found in Switzerland, does not sufficiently guarantee that all parts of the population will be equally protected in a health crisis such as COVID-19
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Citizenship · Health statistics · Outbreak · Pathology · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Statistics · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · Demography · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Law · Mathematics · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Virology
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |