Assessing excess mortality in times of pandemics based on principal component analysis of weekly mortality data—the case of COVID-19

Assessing excess mortality in times of pandemics based on principal component analysis of weekly mortality data—the case of COVID-19

Abstract The COVID-19 outbreak has called for renewed attention to the need for sound statistical analyses to monitor mortality patterns and trends over time. Excess mortality has been suggested as the most appropriate indicator to measure the overall burden of the pandemic in terms of mortality. As...

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Main Authors: Patrizio Vanella, Ugofilippo Basellini, Berit Lange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-08-01
Series:Genus
Subjects:
COVID-19 pandemic
Excess mortality assessment
Mortality forecasting
Cross-country mortality trends
Principal component analysis
Time series analysis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00123-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-021-00123-9

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