Knoema.com - Mortality http://knoema.com 2021-10-12T07:22:49Z /favicon.png Knoema is your personal Knowledge Highway The Hidden Toll of the COVID-19 Pandemic //knoema.com/cufqrgd/the-hidden-toll-of-the-covid-19-pandemic 2021-10-12T07:22:49Z Misha Gusev knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1000560
The Hidden Toll of the COVID-19 Pandemic

(11 August 2021) The fact that official COVID-19 death statistics didn't account for the full mortality burden of the pandemic was evident even in the first few months months of 2020. Over the course of the pandemic, differences in methodologies for counting COVID deaths and varied availability of COVID tests limited the reliability of officially reported mortality figures and made accurate comparison between countries impossible. Due to the lack of data, it has not been possible to obtain a comparable and complete estimate of COVID-19 mortality burden. However, the Economist's Tracker for COVID-19 Excess Deaths now closes the gap.Using historical and 2020-2021 mortality data, the Economist estimates a so-called "excess deaths" measure, which represents the difference between the total number of officially reported deaths from all causes in 2020-2021 and a historical baseline from recent years. This dashboard shows how excess death country ranking is different from officially reported COVID-19 deaths ranking.The excess deaths measure has the potential to give a more complete picture by including additional COVID-related deaths, such as victims who never tested positive for the coronavirus due to lack of COVID-19 test capacities, contributing to the underestimation of COVID-19 deaths, and deaths caused by COVID-19 indirectly when a healthcare system was not able to deliver necessary treatment to people suffering from conditions other than COVID-19.The Tracker's findings indicate that the officially reported figures may substantially underestimate the true number of COVID-19 deaths. For example, in Tajikistan the total number of officially reported COVID-19 deaths in 2020-2021 is equal to 1 per 100,000 population. At the same time, the number of excess deaths in Tajikistan excluding officially documented COVID-19 deaths is equal to 92 per 100,000 population. Some of the excess deaths may be indirect COVID deaths or deaths unrelated to COVID-19 — but certainly not all. The scale of excess deaths beyond the officially reported COVID death toll in a given country provides a likely indicator of the extent to which deaths from COVID-19 may be undercounted there.Assuming that the number of unreported COVID deaths is proportional to the number of excess deaths besides officially reported COVID-19 deaths, Serbia, Russia and Armenia are the countries where officially reported COVID-19 deaths figures may most underestimate the number of "true" COVID-19 deaths.

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United States: Weekly Excess Mortality Figures //knoema.com/ikmqvgd/united-states-weekly-excess-mortality-figures 2020-12-11T10:43:51Z Alex Kulikov knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1847910
United States: Weekly Excess Mortality Figures

(18 June 2020) Estimates of excess deaths can provide information about the burden of mortality potentially related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including deaths that are directly or indirectly attributed to COVID-19. Excess deaths are typically defined as the difference between the observed numbers of deaths in specific time periods and expected numbers of deaths in the same time periods. Weekly counts of deaths are compared with historical trends to determine whether the number of deaths is significantly higher than expected.

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Europe: Mortality Rates Returning to Normal Levels //knoema.com/sbabiue/europe-mortality-rates-returning-to-normal-levels 2020-11-23T11:48:42Z Alex Kulikov knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1847910
Europe: Mortality Rates Returning to Normal Levels

Mortality figures are not only returning to normal levels in Europe, but they are remarkably consistent with reported COVID-19 deaths. According to the latest weekly mortality statistics from EuroMOMO, as of the week of May 11, the total number of deaths in 20 European countries* was 51,033, which is in line with the highest end of the normal range and only slightly above the normal baseline level (49,913 deaths) for this week. Between February and May, deaths exceeded the baseline level by 156,000 total deaths across the 20 European countries covered by EuroMOMO. This figure is very close to the reported COVID-19 death toll (155,000), suggesting that Europe's COVID-19 mortality figures are fairly reliable.Excess mortality is of course fundamental to periods of viral disease outbreaks. Comparing the weighted average mortality rates for Europe over the last three years to the rates from January to April 2020, the 2020 COVID-19 period rates exceed the average 2018 and 2019 mortality rates by more than 20,000 deaths.Z-scores offer us an alternative, standardized view of mortality trends across countries and time periods, measuring in this case the distance a country's mortality figures are from the mean. Using a multitude of approaches to analyzing COVID-19 figures is critical as we have already demonstrated in our coverage of COVID-19 statistics reported by Russia > * EuroMOMO provides weekly mortality data for the following 20 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

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70-th World Health Assembly //knoema.com/gicldrd/70-th-world-health-assembly 2017-11-13T08:03:57Z Alex Kulikov knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1847910
70-th World Health Assembly

The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, appoint the Director-General, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. The Health Assembly is held annually in Geneva, Switzerland.Dates: 22–31 May 2017 Place: Geneva, SwitzerlandEvent holder: WHORelated Data Insights: Youth Wellbeing, Health Profile, Health Status Vs Education And Income, Overweight And Obesity Around The World

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Mortality //knoema.com/lhvwucc/mortality 2017-11-01T07:31:41Z Mikhail Zhukovskii knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1293430
Mortality

Population Dynamics | Fertility | Mortality | Age Structure The World Bank has published the 2015 edition of its dataset: "Population Estimates and Projections." This database presents population and other demographic estimates and projections for the period 1960 to 2050. The data are disaggregated by age-group and gender and cover approximately 200 economies. The data also include information about fertility, mortality, and population by age.  World crude death rate will increase by almost 20 percent in 35 years. World Bank does not provide world data on infant mortality rate, but the number of infant death per 1000 live births sharply decreased by 75 percent, namely from 121,9 death in 1960 to 31,7 in 2015. Korea is expected to be a country with the lowest mortality rate in 2015, taking the place of United Arabian Emirates.  

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2015-16 State of the Future | The Millennium Project //knoema.com/coinmtb/2015-16-state-of-the-future-the-millennium-project 2017-03-21T08:07:52Z Alina Buzanakova knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1293450
2015-16 State of the Future | The Millennium Project

Global intelligence on the future of the world in the palm of your hand KurzweilAI News Date of Event: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Description: The Center for Future Studies NEF of the Catholic University of Sao Paulo (PUC-SP), Brazilian Node of the Milennium Project, will be presenting the SOF 2015-2016. The Millennium Project connects futurists around the world to improve global foresight. It is now an independent non-profit global participatory think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities. The Millennium Project manages a coherent and cumulative process that collects and assesses judgments from over 3,500 people since the beginning of the project, selected by its 56 nodes around the world. The work is distilled in the annual "State of the Future", "Futures Research Methodology" series, special studies, and integrated into its Global Futures Intelligence System.  The 2015-16 State of the Future is a compelling overview of humanity's present situation, challenges and opportunities, potentials for the future, and actions and policies that could improve humanity's outlook - in clear, precise, and readable text with unparalleled breadth and depth. "It is time for intolerance of irrelevant speeches and non-actions by leaders. The stakes are too high to tolerate business as usual," warns the Executive Summary of the report. Source: Millennium Development Goals

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Mortality in Africa, medium fertility scenario predictions //knoema.com/gyyjfkf/mortality-in-africa-medium-fertility-scenario-predictions 2015-08-06T06:53:45Z Игорь Смоленцев knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1000330
Mortality in Africa, medium fertility scenario predictions

Source: UN, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division

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Health Status //knoema.com/gldwcbe/health-status 2014-03-19T21:40:42Z International Comparisons knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1100180
Health Status

Using various indicators of the health condition of each country, we find that the United States has higher infant and child mortality rates, smokes less, is very obese, and has a relatively low life expectancy for the modern nations compared.

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Neonatal Mortality in Africa //knoema.com/yxsbsgg/neonatal-mortality-in-africa 2012-04-11T18:23:01Z Ilona Ambartsumyan knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1000340
Neonatal Mortality in Africa

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Africa: Maternal mortality //knoema.com/gniwwtg/africa-maternal-mortality 2012-04-11T17:36:30Z Eldar Khattatov knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1000520
Africa: Maternal mortality

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India mortality //knoema.com/kiuyabe/india-mortality 2012-04-11T17:36:09Z Data Geek knoema.com://knoema.com/user/1000610
India mortality

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