Label: excess mortality dataset
Editor preferred term: dataset about excess mortality in a population
subClassOf: population mortality dataset
Definition: A population mortality dataset that compares deaths in the population during one time interval to deaths in the population during a previous time interval and reports an estimate of how many more or less deaths occurred in the later time interval.
Comment: Often used during epidemics or pandemics to estimate the death toll.
Label: excess mortality dataset Editor preferred term: dataset about excess mortality in a population subClassOf: population mortality dataset Definition: A population mortality dataset that compares deaths in the population during one time interval to deaths in the population during a previous time interval and reports an estimate of how many more or less deaths occurred in the later time interval. Comment: Often used during epidemics or pandemics to estimate the death toll.