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COVID-19 Increased Existing Gender Mortality Gaps in High-Income Countries More Than in Middle-Income Countries

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dc.contributor.authorBeegle, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorDemombynes, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorDe Walque, Damien
dc.contributor.authorGubbins, Paul
dc.contributor.authorVeillard, ,Jeremy
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-10T13:34:19Z
dc.date.available2024-04-10T13:34:19Z
dc.date.issued2024-04-10
dc.description.abstractMen die at higher rates in nearly all places and at all ages beyond age 45. Using World Health Organization excess mortality estimates by sex and age groups for 75 countries in 2020 and 62 countries in 2021, this paper analyzes how patterns of excess mortality varied by sex and age groups across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with country income level. In 2020, the pandemic amplified the gender mortality gap for the world, but with variation across countries and by country income level. In high-income countries, rates of excess mortality were much higher for men than women. In contrast, in middle-income countries, the sex ratio of excess mortality was similar to the sex ratio of expected all-cause mortality. The exacerbation of the sex ratio of excess mortality observed in 2020 in high-income countries declined in 2021, likely as a result of the faster rollout of vaccination against COVID-19.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099750404092472550/IDU159044c8b1b3ee146b01928c1b9248d269cce
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10750
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41396
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10750
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCORONAVIRUS
dc.subjectPANDEMIC
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
dc.subjectSDG 3
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectSDG 5
dc.titleCOVID-19 Increased Existing Gender Mortality Gaps in High-Income Countries More Than in Middle-Income Countriesen
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okr.crossref.titleCOVID-19 Increased Existing Gender Mortality Gaps in High-Income Countries More Than in Middle-Income Countries
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10750
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10750
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okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Communicable Diseases
okr.topicGender::Gender and Health
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.unitDECRG: Human Development (DECHD)
okr.unitHealth Nutrition &Population LCR (HLCHN)
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