Objective To evaluate excess mortality in Brazil from January 2020 to April 2021, according
to the primary causes of death registered in the Brazilian Mortality Information System (MIS) …

Background Efforts to track the severity and public health impact of the novel coronavirus,
COVID-19, in the US have been hampered by testing issues, reporting lags, and …

Objectives. To examine the disease-specific excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic
in the United States. Methods. We used weekly death data from the National Center for …

Resumen PALACIO-MEJIA, Lina Sofía y GRUPO INTERINSTITUCIONAL PARA LA
ESTIMACION DEL EXCESO DE MORTALIDAD et al. All-cause excess mortality during the …

Abstract As of April 18, 2020, 2.16 million patients in the world had been tested positive with
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and 146,088 had died, which accounts for a case fatality rate of …

Background There has been considerable international variation in mortality during the
COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this study was to investigate the differences between …

Methods| Using previous methodology, we compared the US overall, the 10 most-and least-
vaccinated states, and the 20 OECD countries with 2021 population exceeding 5 million and …

Across the world, the officially reported number of COVID-19 deaths is likely an undercount.
Establishing true mortality is key to improving data transparency and strengthening public …

Background Mortality statistics are fundamental to public health decision making. Mortality
varies by time and location, and its measurement is affected by well known biases that have …

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria, a category 5 hurricane, swept through Puerto
Rico. Official reports claimed that 67 people had died, but experts worried that the storm …