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WHO Mortality Database. Interactive platform visualizing mortality data. The WHO Mortality Database is a compilation of mortality data by country and area, year, sex, age and cause of death, as transmitted annually by national authorities from their civil registration and vital statistics system. It comprises data since 1950 to date.
Excess mortality is a term used in epidemiology and public health that refers to the number of deaths from all causes during a crisis above and beyond what we would have expected to see under ‘normal’ conditions.1 In this case, we’re interested in how the number of deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic compares to the deaths we would have expected had the pandemic not occurred — a ...
1. Mai 2023 · Morbidity refers to an illness or disease. Mortality refers to death. Both are used by scientists to determine health statistics like disease incidence and all-cause mortality rates . Morbidity and mortality are closely linked. Certain changes can influence the course of a disease and, in turn, the risk the illness can lead or contribute to death.
Leading causes of death and disability. WHO’s Global Health Estimates (GHE) provide the latest available data on causes of death and disability globally, by region and country, and by age, sex and income group. They provide key insights on mortality and morbidity trends to support informed decision-making on health policy and resource allocation.
In the media, it is often the “case fatality rate” that is talked about when the risk of death from COVID-19 is discussed. 1. This measure is sometimes also called case fatality risk or case fatality ratio. It is often abbreviated as CFR. The CFR is not the same as the risk of death for an infected person – even though, unfortunately ...
Zitierweise Winklmayr C, Muthers S, Niemann H, Mücke HG, an der Heiden M: Heat-related mortality in Germany from 1992 to 2021. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2022; 119: 451–7. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2022; 119: ...
Warning: The HMD mortality data for years 2010-2021 are preliminary as the US Census Bureau has yet to revise its inter-censal (2010-2019) and post-censal (2020-2021) population estimates using the results of the 2020 Population census. We will update the HMD data series as soon as the US Census Bureau has released new population estimates.
