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Ed Conway
EdConwaySky
Here is the story of today's @ONS mortality statistics in a single chart. The worst week for UK mortality (all causes) since records began. The blue area shows the minimum
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Samuel Brown
DrSamuelBrown
One last quick comment on reporting mortality generally, as this recent NY paper is one of many. We've been reporting mortality for many decades, and we have some conventions. First,
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PLC
Humble_Analysis
The CDC has updated their weekly excess mortality report, which now indicates that all-cause mortality returned to the normal or expected level at the end of August: In total, there
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Matt Malkus
malkusm
The Human Mortality Database, jointly run by UC-Berkeley and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany, is publishing weekly mortality rates by age group for the US and
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Nick Hudson
NickHudsonCT
Modellers and lockdown advocates everywhere seem awfully keen to pin excess mortality on unreported Covid deaths. There will be some of these, BUT:1/5 (1) The models' purpose was to estimate
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stuart mcdonald
ActuaryByDay
The CMI (continuous mortality investigation) has published its quarterly “Mortality Monitor” report.By calculating age-standardised mortality rates, this allows us to properly consider how 2020 mortality rates compare to recent years.
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Professor Karol Sikora
ProfKarolSikora
Another huge cause of uncertainty is how deaths are being recorded.If a Corona positive patient dies of cancer or another serious illness that is 'counted' as a virus fatality.We need
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Eddie Kilroy
eddiekilroyjr
I'm seeing A LOT of misinformation about the COVID-19 mortality rate. Here is the latest data from John Hopkins, who's been tracking this pandemic since day 1. There are some
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COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
COVID19actuary
The Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has published its analysis of today’s ONS release.Key points:- death rates 59% higher than the same week last year- excess deaths 76% higher than COVID-19
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Boomer Rube ∂(Megan)/∂(t)🇺🇸
neuro7plastic
I totally agree with this Dr talking to Rush Limbaugh - TEST EVERYBODY for the virus. That way you *know* the exact mortality rate - which is likely to be
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Rhea Boyd MD, MPH
RheaBoydMD
While some of y'all still debating how progressive Kamala needs to be, this paper dropped: https://osf.io/9csa6/ "For white mortality in 2020 to reach levels that Blacks experience outside of pandemics,
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
ashishkjha
This figure (via @ScottGottliebMD) receiving a lot of attentionAnd folks rightly point out mortality rates lower for young than for elderlyBut thats true for every diseaseSo as point of reference:How
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Lewis Goodall
lewis_goodall
Disturbing research from @LTCcovid @adelinacohe @zalaka11. It compares #covid19 mortality data in care homes across 5 European countries. Care homes account for between 42% and 57% of all their Covid19
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Prashant Kakodkar
pkakodkar001
@ActuaryByDay Thought I will give it a go as well.UK went into lockdown on 23rd March it took nearly 3 weeks before admissions to critical care showed a downward trend.
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Chandan S
ShanbhagChandan
See figure 4: The mortality rate of other diseases(especially heart attack) decreased due to corona! Other diseases are hiding because of coronaSee figure 10: The mortality rate of march 2020
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Ian Rowe
IanARowe
Thanks to recent data releases from @ONS I think we can be a little clearer about the excess "non-COVID" mortality in England and Wales1. Deaths of Care Home residents in
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