Influence of respiratory infections pandemics on the mortality of the population of Ukraine.

Abstract

Aim: To analyze the dynamics and structure of the excess mortality of the population of Ukraine for 76 years (1945-2021). Materials and Methods: An observational population study was conducted. Epidemiological methods were used, in particular, the method of graphical construction of time series, intensive, extensive indicators and indicators of excess mortality were calculated. Conclusions: The coronavirus disease pandemic in Ukraine became the largest documented respiratory infection pandemic after 76 years, but did not outweigh the dramatic increase in mortality in the 1990s-2000s, in including death in 1995.