COVID-19 deaths per capita understates mortality outside Europe
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I’ve noted previously that confirmed COVID-19 deaths per million people (as reported in various country “league tables”) has reasonably good validity as a measure of the disease’s lethality in Europe. But is it valid for comparisons outside Europe? Since European countries tend to be rich, they can afford to do lots of testing. But the same may not be true of countries in other parts of the world. As a consequence, there may be more false negative in non-European countries – i.e., deaths from COVID-19 that are not recorded in official statistics.
COVID-19 deaths per capita understates mortality outside Europe
COVID-19 deaths per capita understates…
COVID-19 deaths per capita understates mortality outside Europe
I’ve noted previously that confirmed COVID-19 deaths per million people (as reported in various country “league tables”) has reasonably good validity as a measure of the disease’s lethality in Europe. But is it valid for comparisons outside Europe? Since European countries tend to be rich, they can afford to do lots of testing. But the same may not be true of countries in other parts of the world. As a consequence, there may be more false negative in non-European countries – i.e., deaths from COVID-19 that are not recorded in official statistics.