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A general power outage affected the Iberian Peninsula on 28 April 2025. We explored all-cause mortality in Spain using the monitoring system MoMo. Starting 28 April, over 3 days, 147 excess deaths (95% CI: − 35 to 330) appeared to occur in the country, corresponding to a 4.2% increase over expected mortality. A larger significant 7.9% increase was estimated in 65–84-year-olds (94 excess deaths; 95% CI: 63 to 125). While MoMo cannot attribute such excesses to specific causes, findings highlight the usefulness of real-time surveillance systems for assessing large-scale emergencies.

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Exploring all-cause mortality surveillance during the Iberian Peninsula power outage, Spain, 28 April 2025
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=David+Garc%C3%ADa-Garc%C3%ADa&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">García-García David</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Inmaculada+Le%C3%B3n-G%C3%B3mez&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">León-Gómez Inmaculada</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Luc%C3%ADa+P%C3%A9rez-Mar%C3%ADn&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pérez-Marín Lucía</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Diana+G%C3%B3mez-Barroso&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gómez-Barroso Diana</a></span>. Exploring all-cause mortality surveillance during the Iberian Peninsula power outage, Spain, 28 April 2025. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2025;30(26):pii=2500405. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.26.2500405" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.26.2500405</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 12 Jun 2025;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 03 Jul 2025 </span> </p>
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