Comparing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic between countries or across time is
difficult because the reported numbers of cases and deaths can be strongly affected by …

Comparing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic between countries or across time is
difficult because the reported numbers of cases and deaths can be strongly affected by …

Surveillance and monitoring systems are central to governments' responses to the COVID-
19 pandemic. This article focuses on assessing differences in mortality recording across …

Excess mortality has become a key metric to understand the true impact of the COVID-19
pandemic. How is excess mortality measured; and what can we learn from cross-country …

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 …

During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, a surge in overall deaths has been recorded in many
countries, most of them likely attributable to COVID-19. However, COVID-19 confirmed …

Both the USA and Europe experienced substantial excess mortality in 2020 and 2021
related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods used to estimate excess mortality vary, making …

Introduction Excess mortality is a suitable indicator of health consequences of COVID-19
because death from any cause is clearly defined contrary to death from Covid-19. We …

Excess mortality studies provide crucial information regarding the health burden of
pandemics and other large-scale events. Here, we use time series approaches to separate …

Existing studies on the mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic commonly rely on
national official reports. However, in a pandemic, deaths from COVID-19 can be miscounted …