The “one million deaths” milestone fails to capture the pandemic’s true toll

May 8, 2022.Reading time 13 minutes.

This week, many headlines declared that the U.S. has reached one million COVID-19 deaths. While a major milestone, this number is actually far below the full impact of the pandemic; looking at excess deaths and demographic breakdowns allows us to get closer.

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Peru audits deaths data, shows the value of excess deaths

June 6, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Excess deaths are those deaths that occur above a region’s past baseline. Data scientists calculate the metric by determining the average deaths for a country or region over a period of several years—then comparing this past average to the deaths that occured in the current year. The deaths occurring in the current year above that […]

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