High Mortality Rate Recorded in Armenia in 2021, Muradyan Details

Yerevan State Medical University Rector Armen Muradyan wrote on his Facebook page: "According to the results of the first eleven months of 2021, Armenia continued to record high mortality rates. Notably, the total number of deaths during the period from January to November 2021 was 33% higher than in 2019, similar to the same months in 2020.

• Mortality from circulatory system diseases exceeded 2019 data by 19% in both 2020 and 2021,
• mortality from respiratory diseases was higher by 27% and 28% respectively,
• mortality from neoplasms remained relatively stable, showing only a slight decline in 2021 compared to 2019.

COVID-19 continued to be a serious challenge, accounting for 16% of the total deaths from January to November 2021; the number of deaths increased by 1.9 times compared to the same period in 2020. Particularly severe losses were recorded in November 2021, with 1,324 deaths, which is 149 more or 13% higher than in November 2020 during the wartime.

The total number of deaths from all causes in November 2021 surpassed 2019 figures by more than 2.2 times. Increased mortality was also recorded in European Union countries. In 2020, it was 11.9%, while in January to November 2021, it was around 10.7%; in November alone, the figure reached 26.5%. However, in several countries, increased mortality exceeded 50%: 83.9% in Romania, 88.2% in Bulgaria, and 50.7% in Poland, among others.

It is noteworthy that these countries are among the lowest in terms of COVID-19 vaccination rates in Europe. As of the end of November 2021, only 37.3% of the population in Romania was fully vaccinated, 24.8% in Bulgaria, and 53.7% in Poland."