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. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2117359.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.17359.

Exploring the Gap Between Excess Mortality and COVID-19 Deaths in 67 Countries

Francesco Sanmarchi  1 , Davide Golinelli  1 , Jacopo Lenzi  1 , Francesco Esposito  1 , Angelo Capodici  1 , Chiara Reno  1 , Dino Gibertoni  1
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Exploring the Gap Between Excess Mortality and COVID-19 Deaths in 67 Countries

Francesco Sanmarchi et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the difference between COVID-19 confirmed mortality and excess mortality in 67 countries.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Figures

Figure.
Figure.. Scatterplot of COVID-19 Confirmed Mortality vs Excess Mortality in 67 Countries, February 26 to December 31, 2020
The dashed diagonal line represents the equality between the number of excess deaths and of COVID-19 reported deaths. The 0 marker on the y-axis indicates no excess mortality. Countries are colored according to their decile of the test-to-case ratio. Countries appearing in gray had unavailable or incomplete data on testing.
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