No excess mortality data from COVID-19 in Denmark: data as of 12th April 2020
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I wrote to the lead editor of the Danish Statistics Agency on mortality data (Dorthe Larsen) on the 14th April to ask why their public mortality database is not up to date (data ends in 2019). I told her I wanted to look for evidence of excess mortality from COVID-19, and sent her an example of this based on UK data. To her credit, not only did she reply the same week (17th Friday), saying the data are now public for 2020, but also they issued a press release saying that there wasn't any excess mortality. Good speed on important information! Danish media are all running the story today (e.g.
No excess mortality data from COVID-19 in Denmark: data as of 12th April 2020
No excess mortality data from COVID-19 in…
No excess mortality data from COVID-19 in Denmark: data as of 12th April 2020
I wrote to the lead editor of the Danish Statistics Agency on mortality data (Dorthe Larsen) on the 14th April to ask why their public mortality database is not up to date (data ends in 2019). I told her I wanted to look for evidence of excess mortality from COVID-19, and sent her an example of this based on UK data. To her credit, not only did she reply the same week (17th Friday), saying the data are now public for 2020, but also they issued a press release saying that there wasn't any excess mortality. Good speed on important information! Danish media are all running the story today (e.g.