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Male mortality and the German response: lessons from COVID ‐19
Author(s) -
Schartau Patricia,
Kirby Mike
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.752
Subject(s) - covid-19 , german , outbreak , mortality rate , demography , demographic economics , geography , medicine , virology , sociology , economics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , archaeology
The current COVID‐19 outbreak has raised many questions, amongst them the higher mortality rates in men and the low overall mortality rates in Germany compared to other European countries. Here the authors explore some of the reasons behind both these phenomena and outline what we can learn from them for the future.