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EXCESS deaths soaring in many countries faster than official #COVID19 deaths.Mexico
Russia 
Iran 
South Africa 
Peru 
Romania 
Poland 
Ukraine 
& Ecuador have big undercounts. Italy 
Spain 
as well. 
@hippopedoid @ArielKarlinsky https://github.com/dkobak/excess-mortality
2) Many countries have serious numbers of excess deaths, not just major countries. Here they are ranked by excess deaths as % of annual deaths.
3) Some of the excess death rankings can differ if per 100k people or % of annual, or as undercount ratio of excess:official #COVID19 deaths.
Besides US with big population, Russia and Mexico and South Africa definitely have large excesses.
Besides US with big population, Russia
and Mexico and South Africa definitely have large excesses.
4) Russia excess deaths has been just crazy huge—and growing fast.
excess deaths has been just crazy huge—and growing fast.
5) Here is the animation of the explosive excess deaths in Russia. Figure by @hippopedoid.
6) Unfortunately many countries did not provide the data, including China 
India 
Vietnam 
and Liberia 
.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.27.21250604v1
India Vietnam and Liberia . https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.27.21250604v1
7) Excess mortality by geographic region. South America (green) has terrifyingly high excess. Compare Sweden 
high excess deaths to neighbors Denmark, Finland & Norway with little to none.
Recoloring by @vivcathey.
high excess deaths to neighbors Denmark, Finland & Norway with little to none. Recoloring by @vivcathey.
8) USA excess deaths exceeded 400k for 2020
CDC estimates up to 569k since start of #COVID19 pandemic.
Mississippi, New Jersey, and Arizona have the highest per capita.
CDC estimates up to 569k since start of #COVID19 pandemic.
Mississippi, New Jersey, and Arizona have the highest per capita.
9) 1 year of life expectancy lost... in just half a year of a pandemic. Sobering. Especially for minorities. https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1362371217261355008
