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.