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. 2021 Jul 16;9:669209. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.669209

Table 3.

Estimates of excess deaths “not directly attributable to COVID-19”.

Deaths non
COVID-19a
Excess deaths non
COVID-19a
95% CI Excess deaths non
COVID-19%a
95% CI
First wave
Italy 187 322 18 307 (17 197–19 487) 10.8% (9.5–12.4%)
Males 88 520 7 593 (7 166–8 047) 9.3% (8.3–10.6%)
Females 98 802 10 714 (10 108–11 356) 12.2% (10.7–13.8%)
Age groups
0–49 4 366 −652 (−702; −604) −12.3% (−15.8%; −10.6%)
50–79 57 986 1 145 (1 091–1 201) 2.0% (1.8–2.3%)
80+ 124 970 17 815 (16 863–18 821) 16.6% (14.8–18.7%)
Second wave
Italy 157 841 11 318 (11 221–11 414) 7.7% (7.5–7.9%)
Males 76 108 5 338 (5 273–5 403) 7.5% (7.2–7.8%)
Females 81 733 5 980 (5 909–6 051) 7.9% (7.6–8.2%)
Age groups
0–49 3 703 −532 (−563; −501) −12.6% (−14.8%; −10.6%)
50–79 50 080 1 010 (997–1 023) 2.1% (2.0–2.2%)
80+ 104 058 10 840 (10 724–10 957) 11.6% (11.2–12.0%)
a

Deaths “not directly attributable to COVID-19”, i.e., deaths defined as “without a previous COVID-19 diagnosis”.