Excess mortality during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) in the Netherlands: Overall and across demographic subgroups.

Objectives: The overall impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality can be estimated by the assessment of excess deaths from all causes because the reported number of deaths due to COVID-19 do not accurately reflect the true death toll. We assessed excess mortality in 2020 and 2021 in the Netherlands.

Methods: All analyses were performed on data from comprehensive nationwide registers provided by Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek), including demographic characteristics and mortality.