The first year of the pandemic: social response in the context of causes of death

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Significance. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a number of social consequences affecting various spheres of life in modern society.

Purpose: to assess changes in mortality from causes caused by social stress during the COVID-19 pandemic in a metropolis (Moscow).

Material and methods. The analysis is based on data from Federal State Statistics Service and the database of deaths in Moscow (medical death certificates issued to medical organizations of the Moscow Department of Health) for 2019–April 2021.

Results. During the COVID-19 pandemic since April 2020, losses from suicides turned out to be lower than in the corresponding months of 2019, however during the period of strict quarantine (April–June 2020), a local maximum of losses was observed.

Mortality attributable to alcohol and drug use (poisoning and mental disorders) was characterized by stabilization or insignificant gain during the period of strict quarantine (April–May) with a sharp splash during the exit from it (June 2020), as well as in the fall and winter of 2021.

Limitations. The results of the study of the social consequences during the COVID-19 pandemic apply only to Moscow and include deaths only from suicide, alcohol poisoning, drug poisoning, as well as mental disorders associated with alcohol and drug use for the period 2020–2021.

Conclusions. A completely logical picture of social stress has formed in Moscow with an acute reaction (suicide) at the first stage of the pandemic and its long-term socio-economic consequences (alcoholism and drug addiction) at subsequent stages, which could not be avoided despite external stabilization life in the capital.

Contribution of the authors:

Semyonova V.G. — research concept and design, collection and processing of material.

Ivanova A.E. — research concept and design, text writing, text writing, editing.

Sabgayda T.P. — research concept and design, collection and processing of material, statistical processing, text writing, editing.

Evdokushkina G.N. — collection and processing of material, statistical processing.

Zaporozhchenko V.G. — statistical processing, editing.

All authors are responsible for the integrity of all parts of the manuscript and approval of the manuscript final version. 

Acknowledgment. The study had no sponsorship.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare the absence of any conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

Received: December 28, 2021

Accepted: March 11, 2022

Published: May 04, 2022

Sobre autores

Victoria Semyonova

Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management of the Moscow Healthcare Department; Institute for Demographic Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics

Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: vika-home@yandex.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2794-1009

MD, PhD, DSci, chief researcher at the demography department of the Research Institute of Medical Management and Health Organization of the Moscow Department of Health, Moscow, 115088, Russian Federation.

e-mail: vika-home@yandex.ru

Rússia

Alla Ivanova

Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management of the Moscow Healthcare Department; Institute for Demographic Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0258-3479
Rússia

Tamara Sabgayda

Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management of the Moscow Healthcare Department; Institute for Demographic Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5670-6315
Rússia

Galina Evdokushkina

Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management of the Moscow Healthcare Department; Institute for Demographic Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1389-2509
Rússia

Vyacheslav Zaporozhchenko

Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6167-7379
Rússia

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