Table 1.
Excess all-cause mortality estimates by parish for the pandemic period in Greenland (1919–1921).
| Parish (region) | Population in 1911 | Possible arrival of the pandemic | Total number of excess deaths (95% CI) |
Total | Total excess deaths per 1000 population (95% CI) |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | |||||
| Ammassalik (East) |
567 | (Early August 1918) | 2 (−4–7) | −1 (−7–5) | −1 (−7–5) | 1 (−10–11) | 3.4 (−7.1–12.3) | −1.1 (−12.3–8.8) | −1.1 (−12.3–8.8) | 1.2 (−17.6–19.4) |
| Paamiut (South-West) |
959 | Mid-May 1919 | 29 (19–38) | 6 (−4–15) | 6 (−3–15) | 41 (24–57) | 30.0 (19.8–39.6) | 6.3 (−4.2–15.6) | 6.7 (−3.1–15.6) | 43.0 (25.0–59.4) |
| Nuuk (Mid-West) |
1085 | Mid-late June 1919 | 12 (2–21) | 12 (2–21) | −2 (−13–7) | 21 (4–38) | 10.7 (1.8–19.4) | 11.2 (1.8–19.4) | −2.3 (−12.0–6.5) | 19.6 (3.7–35.0) |
| Maniitsoq (Mid-West) |
1096 | Early July 1919 | 21 (12–30) | 7 (−2–16) | 16 (7–25) | 45 (29–60) | 19.3 (10.9–27.4) | 6.7 (−1.8–14.6) | 15.0 (6.4–22.8) | 41.0 (26.5–54.7) |
| Aasiaat (Disco Bay) |
1576 | Early July 1919 | 49 (38–59) | 14 (3–24) | 52 (41–61) | 114 (96–132) | 31.0 (24.1–37.4) | 8.9 (1.9–15.2) | 32.7 (26.0–38.7) | 72.6 (60.9–83.8) |
| Ilulissat (Disco Bay) |
580 | Mid-late July 1919 | 26 (18–34) | 2 (−6–10) | 34 (26–41) | 63 (48–76) | 45.2 (31.0–58.6) | 3.9 (−10.3–17.2) | 59.1 (44.8–70.7) | 108.1 (82.8–131.0) |
| Sisimiut (Mid-West) |
707 | Mid-late July 1919 | 14 (5–22) | 15 (6–22) | 2 (−7–10) | 30 (15–44) | 19.9 (7.1–31.1) | 19.8 (8.5–31.1) | 3.0 (−9.9–14.1) | 42.8 (21.2–62.2) |
| Appat (Disco Bay) |
454 | Late July 1919 | 6 (0–11) | 0 (−7–5) | 17 (11–22) | 23 (12–32) | 13.0 (0–24.2) | −0.9 (−15.4–11.0) | 37.7 (24.2–48.5) | 49.7 (26.4–70.5) |
| Qasigiannguit (Disco Bay) |
515 | February/late July 1919 | 7 (0–14) | 1 (−6–8) | 16 (8–23) | 24 (12–36) | 14.0 (0–27.2) | 2.3 (−11.7–15.5) | 31.0 (15.5–44.7) | 47.2 (23.3–69.9) |
| Qeqertarsuaq (Disco Bay) |
406 | Late July 1919 | 0 (−6–4) | 2 (−4–6) | 9 (4–13) | 10 (1–19) | −1.1 (−14.8–9.9) | 3.7 (−9.9–14.8) | 22.2 (9.9–32.0) | 24.8 (2.5–46.8) |
| Narsaq & Nanortalik (Cape) |
1101 | Early August 1919 | 13 (5–20) | 16 (8–23) | −6 (−14–2) | 24 (9–37) | 11.7 (4.5–18.2) | 14.7 (7.3–20.9) | −5.0 (−12.7–1.8) | 21.4 (8.2–33.6) |
| Qaqortoq (Cape) |
1218 | Early August 1919 | 8 (−3–17) | 1 (−8–10) | 0 (−9–9) | 10 (−7–26) | 6.4 (−2.5–14.0) | 1.2 (−6.6–8.2) | 0.3 (−7.4–7.4) | 7.9 (−5.7–21.3) |
| Upernavik (North-West) |
1012 | Early August 1919 | 39 (30–47) | 3 (−6–11) | 37 (28–44) | 79 (64–93) | 38.9 (29.6–46.4) | 3.2 (−5.9–10.9) | 36.1 (27.7–43.5) | 78.3 (63.2–91.9) |
| Uummannaq (North-West) |
1417 | Early August 1919 | 71 (58–83) | 12 (−1–24) | 70 (57–82) | 154 (132–175) | 50.1 (40.9–58.6) | 8.7 (−0.7–16.9) | 49.6 (40.2–57.9) | 108.4 (93.2–123.5) |
| Alluitsoq (Cape) |
766 | Mid-late August 1919 | 23 (11–33) | 28 (16–39) | 8 (−3–19) | 59 (39–78) | 29.4 (14.4–43.1) | 36.4 (20.9–50.9) | 10.7 (−3.9–24.8) | 76.5 (50.9–101.8) |
| Greenland (total) | 13459 | – | 319 (284–353) | 119 (84–152) | 259 (225–293) | 697 (637–756) | 23.7 (21.1–26.2) | 8.8 (6.2–11.3) | 19.3 (16.7–21.8) | 51.8 (47.3–56.2) |
CI: Confidence Intervals.