New Dutch paper published yday on mortality of learning disabled people during 17/18 flu epidemic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
Abstract extracts follow #EveryDeathCounts illustrates why it's so important that we know what is happening to learning disabled and autistic people
Abstract extracts follow #EveryDeathCounts illustrates why it's so important that we know what is happening to learning disabled and autistic people
'During the influenza epidemic, mortality among ppl with ID [learning disability] increased almost three times as much than in the GenPop (15.2% vs. 5.4%), and more among male individuals with ID (+19.5%) than among female individuals with ID (+10.6%), as compared with baseline'
'In both cohorts, comparable increases in mortality within older age groups and due to respiratory causes were seen. Particularly in the ID‐cohort, excess deaths also occurred in younger age groups, due to endocrine diseases and ID‐specific causes' #EveryDeathCounts
'During the 2017–2018 influenza epidemic, excess mortality among people with ID was three times higher than in the general Dutch population, appeared more often at young age and with a broader range of underlying causes'.
'These findings suggest that a pandemic may disproportionally affect people with ID while population data may not immediately raise warnings. Early detection of diverging patterns and faster implementation of tailored strategies therefore require collection of good quality data'
This whole study brilliantly illustrates why the claims we've made in the #EveryDeathCounts legal case are so crucial; you can read the letter before claim here drive.google.com/file/d/1MPW5Gn…
We need more reliable, robust and accurate data and we need it now #learningdisability #autism
We need more reliable, robust and accurate data and we need it now #learningdisability #autism
