{"id":9029,"date":"2020-08-13T11:27:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=9029"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:27:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:27:57","slug":"comparison-of-estimated-excess-deaths-in-new-york-city-during-the-covid-19-and-1918-influenza-pandemics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/13\/comparison-of-estimated-excess-deaths-in-new-york-city-during-the-covid-19-and-1918-influenza-pandemics\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison of Estimated Excess Deaths in New York City During the COVID-19 and 1918 Influenza Pandemics"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During the early\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">phase<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of the COVID-19 outbreak\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in New York City\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(61 days, March 11-May 11, 2020)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the all-cause\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mortality<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0rate (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">202 per 100\u202f000 person-months<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was 4.2-fold\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">higher than corresponding periods in 2017-2019.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0In comparison,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uring the peak of the 1918 H1N1 influenza outbre<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ak (61 days in October-November\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1918), the all-cause mortality\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">287 per<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0100\u202f000 person-months<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was 2.8 times higher than corresponding periods in 1914-1917.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Faust et al. (Aug 13, 2020). Comparison of Estimated Excess Deaths in New York City During the COVID-19 and 1918 Influenza Pandemics. JAMA Network Open.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2769236\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetw<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">o<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">rkopen\/fullarticle\/2769236<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the early\u00a0phase\u00a0of the COVID-19 outbreak\u00a0in New York City\u00a0(61 days, March 11-May 11, 2020)\u00a0the all-cause\u00a0mortality\u00a0rate (202 per 100\u202f000 person-months)\u00a0was 4.2-fold\u00a0higher than corresponding periods in 2017-2019.\u00a0In comparison,\u00a0during the peak of the 1918 H1N1 influenza outbreak (61 days in October-November\u00a01918), the all-cause mortality\u00a0(287 per\u00a0100\u202f000 person-months)\u00a0was 2.8 times higher than corresponding periods in 1914-1917.\u00a0\u00a0 Faust et al. 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