Mortality Rate and Years of Life Lost Due to COVID-19 in Iran, Fars Province.

Abstract Introduction: Corona became a public health threat worldwide in late 2019, in which its main target is lower airway. The aim of this study was to calculate the mortality rate and years of life lost due to COVID-19 in Iran.Method: All definite deaths due to COVID-19 from February 20, 2020 to the February 12, 2021 have been used. Descriptive analyzes included mean and standard deviation of age at death, the number and sex ratio of deaths. Then the age and sex-specific mortality rate were calculated. YLL were calculated using the standard life expectancy based on the 2015 WHO life-table.Results: During the study period, 3169 (58.78% men and 41.22% women) definite coronary deaths occurred. The mean age at death was higher in women than men. The fatality rate of the disease was 1.83%. The highest number of years of life lost, according to both methods of YLL calculation, was in the age group of 69-60 years and the lowest was in the age group of 10-19 years.Conclusion: This study showed that due to the high mortality of this disease, decision makers should focus on reducing mortality in the start of the next waves of COVID-19.