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. 2024 Mar 6;83(1):2325711. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2325711

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.