In 2022, mortality in Austria was back at the high level of the previous years 2020 and 2021. However, there were fewer deaths from Covid-19. The leading causes of death last year were cardiovascular disease and cancer, followed by Covid-19. This is reported by Austrian statistics on Wednesday.
A total of 91,599 people died in 2020 and 91,962 in 2021. The death rate last year (92,107 deaths) was at the high level of previous years, the statisticians said.
6316 corona deaths in 2022
6.9 percent of them (6316 people) died in 2022 after or in connection with a corona infection. Compared to 2020 and 2021, the death rate from Covid has decreased slightly, it was announced. “In 2022, more people died in Austria than the average of the years before the corona pandemic (2015 to 2019), although deaths from corona fell slightly compared to 2020 and 2021,” says director-general Tobias Thomas.
Covid-19: Men died more often than women
The sex ratio, on the other hand, remained unchanged: men (3228) continued to die slightly more often than women (3088) from covid-19. The average age of the corona deaths was 81.2 years for men and 85.5 years for women. “For both sexes, it was above the median age of all deaths, but below the median age at death for pneumonia, chronic heart disease, or diseases of the kidneys and genitourinary system, as well as Alzheimer’s and dementia,” the broadcast said.
Strongest corona death wave in late fall 2020
The statisticians’ evaluation also found that corona death waves were significantly weaker than in previous years. Viewed per calendar week, the strongest death wave caused by corona in 2020 was in late autumn with the highest values in the 48th and 49th calendar week (November 23 to December 6).
In 2021, according to statistics, the highest mortality was recorded in calendar weeks 47 and 48 (November 22 to December 5). “However, mortality was then well below the level of the autumn wave of 2020,” said Statistics Austria.
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