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Revisiting Gaza mortality estimates: adjusted for non-sampling zero-survivor households

Roberts, R.; Vos, J.

2025-08-08 public and global health
10.1101/2025.08.06.25333116 medRxiv
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Current Gaza mortality estimates systematically undercount deaths by failing to account for zero-survivor households. We argue that adjusting for this factor and multi-family cohabitation yields significantly higher figures than previously reported. If we assume 3% zero-survivor households with 75% multi-family cohabitation, mortality estimates increase to 152,395-179,555 direct and indirect deaths (6.92-8.16% of pre-war population).

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