Table 1. The human toll: Increased health harms due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Priority Public Health Condition Indirectly Affected by COVID-19 | Relative Risk: Change Under COVID-19 (uncertainty range) | Excess Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Lost Due to COVID-19 per Million Total Population | |
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Short-Term | Long-Term | ||
Depressive symptoms [19–21] | 1.37 (1.20–2.56) | 24,831 | 43,807 |
Intimate partner violence [22–24] | 1.11 (1.05–1.16) | 2,445 | 49,902 |
Homelessness [25] | 6.67 (5.34–8.00) | 12,951 | 3,527 |
Excessive alcohol use [12,20] | 1.19 (1.07–1.42) | 5,928 | 19,807 |
Opioid use disorder [26,27] | 1.63 (1.33–1.98) | 3,239 | 24,877 |
Stroke mortality [13–15,28–30] | 1.53 (1.40–1.67) | 1,214 | -- |
QALYs: Quality-adjusted life years.