Gokcek, Mebrure BeyzaAslaner, HumeyraCetin, AdilGokcek, IrfanBenli, Ali Ramazan2024-09-292024-09-2920211309-3878https://doi.org/10.18521/ktd.904239https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/6959Objective: The spread of a new contagious disease across the world is called a pandemic. COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by WHO on 11th March 2020. Although treatment modalities and vaccines are being developed against COVID-19 disease, COVID-19 related deaths continue and the rate of infectious diseases among all causes of death increases. In this study, we aimed to determine the effect of COVID-19 infection on mortality statistics by comparing mortality statistics in the first five months of 2020 with mortality statistics in the same period of 2019. Methods: This study was conducted by evaluating the death notification system data records using the ICD 10 diagnostic coding system for the first five months of 2019-2020 of the Kayseri Provincial Health Directorate, between 1 June 2020 and 1 July 2020. It is a retrospective study. In the study, data on dates (months) of deaths, ages, genders, marital statuses, causes of death and manners of death (infectious disease, forensic, natural death) in Kayseri were evaluated. Data were evaluated in SPSS (version 21.0) statistical package program. Results: There were 3349 deaths in the first 5 months of 2019, and 3491 deaths in the first five months of 2020. Of these, 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. The monthly average numbers of death in 2019 and 2020 were similar. The rates of disease diagnoses differed in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, all-cause death numbers, including COVID-19, were higher among men. The total mortality rate of infectious diseases was 20.2% in 2019, and the mortality rate due to infectious diseases including COVID-19 was 20.1% in 2020. Conclusions: During the COVID-19 outbreak, there were significant changes in the rates of some specific causes of death. However, there was no significant change in the total number of deaths during the first five months in Kayseri province.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCOVID-19PandemicCause of DeathArticle10.18521/ktd.90423938938313WOS:000901301900003N/A