Excess Mortality as a Tool to Monitor the Evolution of Health Emergencies: Choices, Challenges, and Future Directions

Excess mortality has become one of the most popular metrics to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world. Excess mortality has three key advantages relative to alternatives: (1 ) it requires relatively little data (in the most basic form, a historical time series of annual deaths),...

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Vydáno v:American journal of public health (1971) Ročník 114; číslo 6; s. 583 - 586
Hlavní autoři: Paglino, Eugenio, Stokes, Andrew C.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States American Public Health Association 01.06.2024
Témata:
Age
Certificates
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - mortality
Death
Death & dying
Death certificates
Deaths
Disease transmission
Emergencies
Emergency medical care
Estimates
Health behavior
Humans
Mortality
Mortality - trends
Pandemics
Public health
Time series
Trends
United States > US
ISSN:0090-0036, 1541-0048, 1541-0048
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Shrnutí:Excess mortality has become one of the most popular metrics to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world. Excess mortality has three key advantages relative to alternatives: (1 ) it requires relatively little data (in the most basic form, a historical time series of annual deaths), (2) it does not depend on whether causes of death are accurately assigned on death certificates, and (3) it can be compared across space and time.
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ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2024.307661