Excess deaths from COVID-19 correlate with age and socio-economic status. A database study in the Stockholm region

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire health care system, internationally as well as in Sweden. We aimed to study excess deaths (all death causes, but also COVID-19-related deaths) during the COVID-19 pandemic regarding age, socio-economic status, the situation in nursing homes, and place of death for nursing home residents. We performed a descriptive regional registry data study using VAL, the Stockholm Regional Council's central data warehouse, which covers almost all health care use in the county of Stockholm. T tests and chi-square tests were used for comparisons. Compared with 2016-2019, there were excess deaths in March-May 2020 (p