Measuring the impact of covid-19

JM Clarke, A Majeed, T Beaney - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Over the course of the covid-19 pandemic, daily releases of national statistics on cases and
deaths have been widely reported and used to support interventions and judge the success …

COVID-19: Global death toll may be three times higher than official records, study suggests

J Wise - 2022 - bmj.com
More than three times as many people may have died worldwide as a result of the covid-19
pandemic than official statistics suggest, according to the first peer reviewed study of global …

Distinguishing between direct and indirect consequences of covid-19

JD Figueroa, PM Brennan, E Theodoratou, MTC Poon… - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Analysing trends in cause specific excess deaths provides useful information on the
consequences of the covid-19 pandemic. Lai and colleagues call for real time weekly data …

“Excess deaths” is the best metric for tracking the pandemic

N Islam - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Since the emergence of the covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, governments and
international agencies have reported regular data on covid-19 cases and deaths. These …

UK's record on pandemic deaths

VS Raleigh - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Evidence of the UK's higher overall death toll during the first wave of the pandemic relative
to comparable countries is unequivocal. England had the highest excess all-cause mortality …

Tackling UK's mortality problem: covid-19 and other causes

VS Raleigh - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
The number of deaths from covid-19 in the UK is among the highest reported internationally,
second only to the US. 1 This covid-19 related mortality surge comes on the heels of the …

UK deaths in 2020: how do they compare with previous years?

J Appleby - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
The covid-19 pandemic caused huge loss of life last year. The attribution of deaths to covid-
19 will have changed within countries over the course of the pandemic, partly as a result of …

What is driving excess deaths in England and Wales?

V Raleigh - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Since April 2022, deaths in England and Wales have been higher than expected when
compared with preceding years, prompting concern and speculation about the causes. 1 2 …

Covid-19: risk factors for severe disease and death

RE Jordan, P Adab, KK Cheng - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
As the covid-19 pandemic accelerates, governments are warning people at high risk to be
particularly stringent in observing social distancing measures because if they become ill …

Covid-19: True global death toll from pandemic is almost 15 million, says WHO

L Taylor - BMJ: British Medical Journal (Online), 2022 - search.proquest.com
The figures are an “estimation of reality” and will be subject to margins of error, but at
present they offer the most complete picture of the pandemic's impact on mortality rates, said …