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Interview50 years of Comparative Population Studies – a look back and ahead

Founded by the BiB in 1975: The journal Comparative Population Studies (CPoS) has been shaping population science research ever since. Dr. Katrin Schiefer, the editor in charge, looks at achievements, challenges and potential.

Journal ArticlesÜbersterblichkeit in Deutschland 2020

Regionale Unterschiede nach Alter, Geschlecht, Monat und Todesursachen

Mühlichen, Michael (2023)

Bevölkerungsforschung Aktuell 5/2023: 3–9

URN: urn:nbn:de:bib-bfa0520236

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, only few studies on excess mortality have considered both regional and cause-of-death variation. Germany is particularly interesting in this context because it was hit very differently by the pandemic across regions. To gain more insights into the potential causes of the spatial variation in excess mortality, we conducted a detailed regional analysis of mortality by age, sex, month and cause of death.