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Excess Mortality From COVID-19. Weekly Excess Death Rates By Age And Sex For Sweden.

2020-05-15 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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ObjectivesMortality from Covid-19 is monitored in detail both within as well as between countries with different strategies against the virus. However, death counts and relative risks based on crude numbers can be misleading. Instead, age specific death rates should be used for comparability. Given the difficulty of ascertainment of Covid-19 specific deaths, excess all-cause mortality is currently more appropriate for comparisons. By estimating age- and sex-specific death rates we aim to get mor...

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