Laboratory

Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Analyzing and Monitoring the Early Spread of COVID-19: A Demographic Perspective

Ugofilippo Basellini, Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Emilio Zagheni; in Collaboration with Marco Bonetti (Bocconi University, Milan, Italy), Carlo Giovanni Camarda (French National Institute for Demographic Studies, Paris, France)

We analyze and monitor the initial spread of COVID-19 and propose new methods to estimate excess mortality. The goal is to provide researchers and policy-makers alike with insights into and real-time information on the evolution of the pandemic.  Detailed Description

Covid-19 in Italy

Maps of Italy showing, for each region, the magnitude of newly reported SARS-CoV-2 infections (left) and their rates of change (right) on October 27, 2020. © Bonetti and Basellini (2021)

Covid-19 mortality rates in Italian regions by epidemic onset

Start date of the epidemic by region (left-hand panel) and smoothed Covid-19 log mortality rates over time (right-hand panels): Italy, late February to mid-July 2020. Regions with earlier epidemic outbreaks show on average higher levels of Covid-19 mortality than regions with later outbreaks. © Basellini and Camarda (2022)

Research Keywords:

Aging, Mortality and Longevity, Statistics and Mathematics

Region keywords:

Europe, Guatemala, Italy, United Kingdom

Publications

Basellini, U.; Camarda, C. G.:
Population Studies 76:1, 99–118. (2022)    
Basellini, U.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Del Fava, E.; Perrotta, D.; Bonetti, M.; Camarda, C. G.; Zagheni, E.:
SSM-Population Health 14:100799, 1–18. (2021)    
Bonetti, M.; Basellini, U.:
Demographic Research 44:12, 307–332. (2021)    
Martinez-Folgar, K.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Paniagua-Avila, A.; Ramirez-Zea, M.; Bilal, U.:
American Journal of Public Health 111:10, 1839–1846. (2021)    
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