@article{article_904239, title={Comparison Of Death Numbers And Causes in Kayseri Province Before And During The Covid Pandemic, In The First Five Months Of 2019-2020}, journal={Konuralp Medical Journal}, volume={13}, pages={383–389}, year={2021}, DOI={10.18521/ktd.904239}, author={Gökçek, Mebrure Beyza and Aslaner, Humeyra and Çetin, Adil and Gökçek, İrfan and Benli, Ali Ramazan}, keywords={COVID-19, PANDEMIC, Death reason}, abstract={Objective: The spread of a new contagious disease across the world is called a pandemic. COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by WHO on 11th March 2020. Although treatment modalities and vaccines are being developed against COVID-19 disease, COVID-19 related deaths continue and the rate of infectious diseases among all causes of death increases. In this study, we aimed to determine the effect of COVID-19 infection on mortality statistics by comparing mortality statistics in the first five months of 2020 with mortality statistics in the same period of 2019. Method: This study was conducted by evaluating the death records of Kayseri Provincial Directorate of Health for the first five months of 2019 and 2020, during 1st June-1st July 2020. It is a retrospective and descriptive study. In the study, data on dates (months) of deaths, ages, genders, marital statuses, causes of death and manners of death (infectious disease, forensic, natural death) in Kayseri were evaluated. Approval of the Ethics Committee, dated 14.05.2020 and numbered 70, was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Clinical Research of the Kayseri City Education and Research Hospital. The data was evaluated in the SPSS (version 21.0) statistical package software in computer environment. Results: A total of 6840 deaths occurred in the first five months of 2019-2020. Of these, 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. The monthly average numbers of death in 2019 and 2020 were similar. Rates of disease diagnoses had changed in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, all-cause mortality rates, including COVID-19, were higher among men. The total mortality rate of infectious diseases was 20.2% in 2019, and the mortality rate due to infectious diseases including COVID-19 was 20.1% in 2020. Conclusion: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to isolate the outbreak and the prohibitions imposed, there have been significant changes in the rates of certain specific causes of death. However, there was no significant change in the total number of deaths during the first five months in Kayseri province.}, number={S1}, publisher={Duzce University}