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Men die at higher rates in nearly all places and at all ages beyond age 45. Using World Health Organization excess mortality estimates by sex and age groups for 75 countries in 2020 and 62 countries in 2021, this paper analyzes how patterns of excess mortality varied by sex and age groups across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with country income level. In 2020, the pandemic amplified the gender mortality gap for the world...
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Beegle,Kathleen G.; Demombynes,Gabriel; De Walque,Damien B. C. M.; Gubbins,Paul Michael; Veillard,Jeremy Henri Maurice.

COVID-19 Increased Existing Gender Mortality Gaps in High-Income Countries More Than in Middle-Income Countries (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10750; RRR; PEOPLE; COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099750404092472550

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