{"id":474,"date":"2021-01-05T18:32:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T23:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drjonathancummings.com\/blog\/?p=474"},"modified":"2021-01-05T21:52:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T02:52:01","slug":"how-does-covid-19-mortality-compare-to-other-causes-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drjonathancummings.com\/blog\/data-visualization\/2021\/01\/how-does-covid-19-mortality-compare-to-other-causes-of-death\/474\/","title":{"rendered":"How does COVID-19 mortality compare to other causes of death?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For those who wish to play the home game you can compare mortality rate or use the formulas below to calculate mortality rates, survival rates, and 1 in X Died (survivors per deaths) statistics for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Value<\/td><td>Description<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Event<\/td><td>Short name of the event or cause of death.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Year<\/td><td>Year the event occurred.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Deaths<\/td><td>Estimate of deaths result from the event. For multiple year<br>events it is the total for all years of the event. For ongoing<br>events (e.g. cancer, it is a single year estimate or average<br>estimate over a time period).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Population<\/td><td>Population influenced by the event. For multiple year events<br>the population estimate for the year when the event started.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mortality<br>Rate<\/td><td>= Deaths\/Population. <br>Percentage of individuals estimated to have<br>died from the event.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Survival<br>Rate<\/td><td>= (Population-Deaths)\/Population. <br>Percentage of individuals estimated to have <br>survived the event.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1 in X Died<br>(Survivors<br>per Death)<\/td><td>= Population\/Deaths. <br>For this number of people who survived, <br>one person is estimated to have died from the event.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Descriptions of the values supplied and formulas used to fill in the event mortality table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"652\" data-attachment-id=\"488\" 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