Talk:Undercounting of COVID-19 pandemic deaths by country
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Words and phrases to watch out for
[edit]- underreporting
- undercounting
- understating
- under-representation
- under-estimating
- undocumented
- undiagnosed
- undetected
- misrepresentation
- overcounting
- excess deaths/mortality
- data gap
- estimate
- over-estimating
- all-cause death data
- excess all-cause deaths
- suspected deaths
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DTM (talk) 03:34, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
DYK suggestions
[edit]Abhishek0831996; any DYK suggestions? DTM (talk) 11:57, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
- I will get back to you very soon with a good suggestion. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 07:57, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Expand scope?
[edit]This is an interesting topic (and a well sourced article) but may I suggest to expand its scope to include the misrepresentation of COVID-19 figures in general? (not just deaths) —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 16:01, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
- If it concerns a particular nation then it can be added to the country's section. Abhishek0831996 (talk) 07:44, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Other countries
[edit]There are some more countries that would need to be added to the list, given the very substantial underestimate that emerges from data on excess deaths (see here for example):
- Kazakhstan - 3,120 reported covid deaths vs 37,380 excess deaths between June 2020 and February 2021
- Kyrgyzstan - 1,450 reported covid deaths vs 8,400 excess deaths between June 2020 and February 2021
- Uzbekistan - 600 reported covid deaths vs 21,550 excess deaths between July 2020 and March 2021
- Nicaragua - 100 reported covid deaths vs 3,840 excess deaths between June and August 2020
- Tajikistan - 90 reported covid deaths vs 8,710 excess deaths between April and December 2020
- Ecuador - 18,630 reported covid deaths vs 54,880 excess deaths between March 2020 and April 2021
- Bolivia - 11,640 reported covid deaths vs 28,720 excess deaths between April 2020 and February 2021
- Bulgaria - 15,860 reported covid deaths vs 30,130 excess deaths between April 2020 and April 2021
- Serbia - 5,290 reported covid deaths vs 22,180 excess deaths between April 2020 and March 2021
- Lithuania - 3,800 reported covid deaths vs 8,900 excess deaths between May 2020 and April 2021
- North Macedonia - 3,310 reported covid deaths vs 6,320 excess deaths between April 2020 and February 2021
- Poland - 58,400 reported covid deaths vs 101,280 excess deaths between April 2020 and February 2021
- Bosnia-Herzegovina - 4,040 reported covid deaths vs 8,080 excess deaths between April and December 2020
- Romania - 19,800 reported covid deaths vs 45,680 excess deaths between March 2020 and February 2021
- Moldova - 2,980 reported covid deaths vs 6,100 excess deaths between April and December 2020
- Albania - 1,150 reported covid deaths vs 5,880 excess deaths between June and December 2020
- El Salvador - 670 reported covid deaths vs 8,770 excess deaths between June and August 2020
- Ukraine - 27,390 reported covid deaths vs 55,570 excess deaths between April 2020 and February 2021
- Iran - 24,120 reported covid deaths vs 57,020 excess deaths between January and September 2020
- Belarus - 390 reported covid deaths vs 6,050 excess deaths between April and June 2020
All these countries show underestimates of 100 % or more.
The data about Russia and Mexico should be expanded/updated, too. As of March 2021, Russia and Mexico had 494,000 and 445,000 excess deaths, respectively, as opposed to 97,000 and 201,000 reported covid deaths.