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Excess Mortality - Blog #10 Has Donegal really been experiencing lower than average deaths during the pandemic? Our regularly published Excess Mortality post contains a table illustrating the estimated excess mortality rates by county since March 2020. …

Excess mortality blog post #11 A second consecutive month with a large drop in the number of deaths relative to the previous month is cause for celebration. Nonetheless, emerging anecdotal evidence from other countries that younger people are increasingly …

Excess Mortality - Blog #12 Different approaches to measuring excess mortality As we pass the one-year anniversary since the first deaths relating to Covid-19 in Ireland we have all sadly become accustomed to hearing the daily updates on the latest case …

Excess mortality - Blog post #13 The data suggests that we have returned to “normal” levels of deaths in Ireland but we saw the same indicators last summer only to be followed by the second/third wave. It is important that we learn from this experience …

Excess mortality - Blog post #14 Now that we’re into the second year of our battle with COVID-19, we thought it would be interesting to revisit the question of the presence of any gender bias in the deaths caused by the virus in Ireland. During the first …