{"id":17674,"date":"2022-01-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/?p=17674"},"modified":"2022-02-26T20:36:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T20:36:26","slug":"covid-19-and-excess-deaths-in-northern-ireland-and-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/topics\/health\/covid-19-and-excess-deaths-in-northern-ireland-and-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 and excess deaths in Northern Ireland and the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There has been a lot of discussion in relation to \u201cexcess deaths\u201d and COVID-19. This term is not specific to this pandemic and has been used by statisticians globally for many years. This explainer article updates our previous analysis of excess mortality<\/a>, otherwise known as \u201cexcess deaths\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n