![]() ![]() We estimate that 54,000 lives could have been saved from non-COVID-19 causes during the 50 days of strict policies and 293,000 in the subsequent 115 days. Significant changes in people’s behaviours (for example, wearing masks and practising social distancing) and reductions in air pollution and traffic accidents could have driven these results. The health benefits persisted and became even greater after the measures were loosened: mortality was reduced by 12.5% in the medium term. Here, using death registries based on 300 million Chinese people and a difference-in-differences design, we find that China’s strict anti-contagion policies during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced non-COVID-19 mortality outside Wuhan (by 4.6%). ![]() The effects of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) public health policies on non-COVID-19-related mortality are unclear. ![]()
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