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Source code and data for The Economist's covid-19 excess deaths tracker
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-deaths-tracker
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Data for Sweden seems to be incorrect #10

Closed DrChr closed 3 years ago

DrChr commented 4 years ago

The number of excess deaths shown on [1] for Sweden seems to be wrong.

The most recent weekly report [2] from "Folkhälsomyndigheten" gives the excess mortality (for weeks 13-31) as 6347, while the number of Covid-19 deaths is given as 5710.

However, on [1], the number of excess deaths for Sweden is currently shown as 5332. The number of Covid-19 deaths seems to match [2] though, as it's 5710.

[1] https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/07/15/tracking-covid-19-excess-deaths-across-countries [2] https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/globalassets/statistik-uppfoljning/smittsamma-sjukdomar/veckorapporter-covid-19/2020/covid-19-veckorapport-vecka-33-final.pdf, page. 23, table B2

sondreus commented 3 years ago

Thanks for the input DrChr. Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Our numbers have now been updated: remaining discrepancies likely stem from uncertainty regarding expected mortality estimates.