Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2015 Mar 19;20(11):21065.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.11.21065.

Excess mortality among the elderly in European countries, December 2014 to February 2015

K Molbak  1 , L Espenhain, J Nielsen, K Tersago, N Bossuyt, G Denissov, A Baburin, M Virtanen, A Fouillet, T Sideroglou, K Gkolfinopoulou, A Paldy, J Bobvos, L van Asten, M de Lange, B Nunes, S da Silva, A Larrauri, I L Gomez, A Tsoumanis, C Junker, H Green, R Pebody, J McMenamin, A Reynolds, A Mazick
Affiliations
Free article

Excess mortality among the elderly in European countries, December 2014 to February 2015

K Molbak et al. Euro Surveill. .
Free article

Abstract

Since December 2014 and up to February 2015, the weekly number of excess deaths from all-causes among individuals ≥ 65 years of age in 14 European countries have been significantly higher than in the four previous winter seasons. The rise in unspecified excess mortality coincides with increased proportion of influenza detection in the European influenza surveillance schemes with a main predominance of influenza A (H3N2) viruses seen throughout Europe in the current season, though cold snaps and other respiratory infections may also have had an effect.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

Publication types