All‑cause excess mortality in Germany peaked during the late‑2022 influenza period, exceeding peaks during SARS‑CoV‑2 waves (2020–2023)

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About the Authors

Ursel Heudorf

Contributed equally to this work with: Ursel Heudorf, Bernd Kowall

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation MDRO-Network Rhine-Main, Dietzenbach, Germany

Bernd Kowall

Contributed equally to this work with: Ursel Heudorf, Bernd Kowall

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Influenza
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SARS CoV 2
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Germany
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Age groups
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Influenza viruses
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Respiratory infections
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