Estimates of excess mortality for the five Nordic countries during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020− 2021

KP Kepp, J Björk, V Kontis, RM Parks… - International Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic is of major scientific and
political interest. Methods We critically reviewed different estimates of all-cause excess …

Flaws and uncertainties in pandemic global excess death calculations

JPA Ioannidis, F Zonta, M Levitt - European journal of clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Several teams have been publishing global estimates of excess deaths during the COVID
19 pandemic. Here, we examine potential flaws and underappreciated sources of …

Comparison of pandemic excess mortality in 2020–2021 across different empirical calculations

M Levitt, F Zonta, JPA Ioannidis - Environmental research, 2022 - Elsevier
Different modeling approaches can be used to calculate excess deaths for the COVID-19
pandemic period. We compared 6 calculations of excess deaths (4 previously published [3 …

Global and national declines in life expectancy: An endof2021 assessment

P Heuveline - Population and development review, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Timely, highquality mortality data have allowed for assessments of the impact of the novel
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) on life expectancies in uppermiddleand high …

[HTML][HTML] Global estimates of excess deaths from COVID-19

E Acosta - 2023 - nature.com
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Variability in excess deaths across countries with different vulnerability during 2020–2023

JPA Ioannidis, F Zonta, M Levitt - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Excess deaths provide total impact estimates of major crises, such as the COVID-19
pandemic. We evaluated excess death trajectories across countries with accurate death …

Excess death estimates from multiverse analysis in 2009–2021

M Levitt, F Zonta, JPA Ioannidis - European Journal of Epidemiology, 2023 - Springer
Excess death estimates have great value in public health, but they can be sensitive to
analytical choices. Here we propose a multiverse analysis approach that considers all …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on total, sex-and age-specific all-cause mortality in 20 countries worldwide during 2020: results from the C-MOR project

CA Demetriou, S Achilleos, A Quattrocchi… - International journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background To understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality, this study
investigates overall, sex-and age-specific excess all-cause mortality in 20 countries, during …

[HTML][HTML] What should be the baseline when calculating excess mortality? New approaches suggest that we have underestimated the impact of the COVID-19 …

VM Shkolnikov, I Klimkin, M McKee, DA Jdanov… - SSM-population …, 2022 - Elsevier
Excess mortality has been used to measure the impact of COVID-19 over time and across
countries. But what baseline should be chosen? We propose two novel approaches: an …

Leading causes of excess mortality in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020–2021: A death certificates study in a middle-income country

LS Palacio-Mejía, JE Hernández-Ávila… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The death toll after SARS-CoV-2 emergence includes deaths directly or
indirectly associated with COVID-19. Mexico reported 325,415 excess deaths, 34.4% of …