Every body counts: measuring mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic

MV Kiang, RA Irizarry, CO Buckee… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
As of mid-August 2020, more than 170 000 US residents have died of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19); however, the true number of deaths resulting from COVID-19, both …

Estimation of excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020

DM Weinberger, J Chen, T Cohen… - JAMA internal …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Efforts to track the severity and public health impact of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) in the United States have been hampered by state-level differences in …

Racial and ethnic disparities in excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, March to December 2020

MS Shiels, AT Haque, EA Haozous… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Although racial/ethnic disparities in US COVID-19 death rates are striking,
focusing on COVID-19 deaths alone may underestimate the true effect of the pandemic on …

Excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for US death investigation systems

AC Stokes, DJ Lundberg, J Bor… - … journal of public …, 2021 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Quality death investigation is a critical piece of an effective public health system. 1 When a
person dies, a coroner, medical examiner, or health professional with knowledge of the …

Impact of population growth and aging on estimates of excess US deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, March to August 2020

MS Shiels, JS Almeida, M García-Closas… - Annals of Internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Excess death estimates quantify the full impact of the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Widely reported US excess death estimates have not …

The importance of proper death certification during the COVID-19 pandemic

JR Gill, ME DeJoseph - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Death certificate data are used to monitor local, regional, and national mortality trends to
improve public health and public safety. Accurate death certification related to coronavirus …

Leading causes of death in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, March 2020 to October 2021

MS Shiels, AT Haque, AB de González… - JAMA Internal …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| We obtained final national death certificate data for 2020 and provisional data for
2021 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (accessed May 5, 20225). We …

Excess mortality in California during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, March to August 2020

YH Chen, MM Glymour, R Catalano… - JAMA Internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| Using California Department of Public Health data on deaths occurring on or after
January 1, 2016, we estimated excess deaths during 2 COVID-19 pandemic periods: March …

Excess deaths from COVID-19 and other causes, March-July 2020

SH Woolf, DA Chapman, RT Sabo, DM Weinberger… - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| Death data for 2014-2020 and population counts for the 50 states and the District
of Columbia were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics3, 4 and US Census …

Association of health care factors with excess deaths not assigned to COVID-19 in the US

AC Stokes, DJ Lundberg, J Bor, IT Elo… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Approximately 20% of excess deaths in the US in 2020 were not reflected in COVID-19
death counts. 1-3 These excess deaths included deaths caused by COVID-19 but not …