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. 2021 Feb 25;26(8):2001646. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.8.2001646

Table 1. Estimated number of deaths and mortality attributable to influenza and COVID-19, Denmark, 2019-W40–2020-W20.

Model Population of
5.82 million
Influenza (GSIPLS) COVID−19 (GSCLS)
Number of deaths
(95% CI)
Number of deaths per
100,000 person−years
(95% CI)
Number of deaths
(95% CI)
Number of deaths per
100,000 person−years
(95% CI)
Base All ages −646.1 (−898.3 to −393.9) −17.62 (−24.50 to −10.74) 469.6 (230.9 to 708.3) 12.81 (6.30 to 19.32)
Pooled over age groups −697.1 (−889.3 to −504.9) −19.09 (−24.26 to −13.77) 495.6 (313.3 to 678.0) 13.52 (8.54 to 18.49)
Adjusted baseline All ages 14.7 (−61.0 to 90.4) 0.40 (−1.66 to 2.47) 519.1 (287.9 to 750.3) 14.16 (7.85 to 20.46)
Pooled over age groups 118.6 (41.1 to 196.0) 3.23 (1.12 to 5.35) 594.1 (440.4 to 747.7) 16.20 (12.01 to 20.39)

CI: confidence interval; COVID-19: coronavirus disease; GSCLS: Goldstein severe COVID-19 like symptom indicator; GSIPLS: Goldstein severe influenza or pneumonia like symptom indicator; W: week.