Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9137673119, Iran.
School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9177648964, Iran.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2023 Mar 14;45(1):259-266. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab392.
The number of deaths among people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) does not show the true impact of the disease on communities. Therefore, this study aimed to calculate years of life lost (YLL) due to premature death in patients with COVID-19.
We performed a descriptive cross-sectional study based on data from one of the largest provinces of Iran, in the period 13 February 2020 to 17 May 2021. We used WHO proposed guidelines for the calculation of the burden of diseases to calculate the YLL among patients with COVID-19, taking into consideration gender in different age groups.
Findings showed that 13 628 deaths were due to COVID-19 with associated 249 309 YLL. The study reported higher mortality among men (1222 cases) in the age group over 85 years than in women (840) of the same age group. The minimum number of YLL for men was 1749 in the 5-9 years age group and that for women was 1551 years in the 14-10 years age group.
The high number of deaths due to COVID-19 has led to high YLL due to premature death. The provision of adequate health care and appropriate policies will bring about a decrease in YLL due to COVID-19.
新冠肺炎（COVID-19）患者的死亡人数并未反映出该疾病对社区的实际影响。因此，本研究旨在计算 COVID-19 患者因过早死亡而导致的寿命损失年数（YLL）。
我们基于伊朗最大省份之一在 2020 年 2 月 13 日至 2021 年 5 月 17 日期间的数据，进行了一项描述性的横断面研究。我们采用了世界卫生组织（WHO）提出的疾病负担计算指南，考虑了不同年龄组的性别因素，计算了 COVID-19 患者的 YLL。
研究结果表明，有 13628 人因 COVID-19 死亡，导致 249309 人 YLL。研究报告称，85 岁以上年龄组的男性（1222 例）死亡率高于同年龄组的女性（840 例）。男性 YLL 的最低值为 5-9 岁年龄组的 1749 年，女性为 14-10 岁年龄组的 1551 年。
COVID-19 导致的高死亡率导致了因过早死亡而导致的高 YLL。提供充足的医疗保健和适当的政策将减少 COVID-19 导致的 YLL。
