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Using An Online Calculator To Describe Excess Mortality In The Philippines During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Julius Migriño Jr, Ma Rosario Bernardo-Lazaro
Using An Online Calculator To Describe Excess Mortality In The Philippines During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Julius Migriño Jr, Ma Rosario Bernardo-Lazaro
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health Publications
Objective
Excess mortality is an indicator of the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aims to describe excess mortality in the Philippines from January 2020 to December 2021 using an online all-cause mortality and excess mortality calculator.
Methods
All-cause mortality datasets from 2015 to 2021 from the Philippine Statistics Authority were obtained and analysed using the World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office All-Cause Mortality Calculator. Expected mortality, excess mortality and P-scores were obtained using two models, 5-year averages and negative binomial regression, for total deaths and by administrative region.
Results
Reported national all-cause mortality exceeded the …