Excess Mortality in Australia - COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
Australia is seeing significant excess mortality in 2022, in contrast to earlier in the pandemic. Around half the excess is from COVID deaths| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
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Stuart made a guest appearance on the Independent SAGE weekly briefing to give a presentation on excess deaths. The discussion covered what we mean by excess deaths and different ways of measuring these, whether by simple counts or the more accurate approach using age-standardised mortality rate. However we approach it, the baseline matters. Death rates […] The post Excess Deaths Presentation appeared first on COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
The Friday Report is our regular update with a summary of the key papers, analyses and data that we’ve looked at recently. This is our last regular Friday Report. In Issue 74, we look at: And finally, how we’ve used Borgesian AI to summarise our recent ‘ARG AGM’ … The post The Friday Report – Issue 74 appeared first on COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
The Friday Report is our regular update (currently monthly) with a summary of the key papers, analyses and data that we’ve looked at recently. In Friday Report 73 we look at: And finally, does eating more chocolate increase the odds of winning a Nobel Prize? Download the full report below The post The Friday Report – Issue 73 appeared first on COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
The Autumn booster programme began on 12 September 2022 for those aged 75 plus, and vulnerable patients. It was rolled out to those aged 65 to 74 from 26 September, and to those aged 50 to 64 from 14 October. As of 9 November, 73% of over 65s in England have received an Autumn booster […] The post Autumn Booster Update appeared first on COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
The Friday Report is our regular update (currently monthly) with a summary of the key papers, analyses and data that we’ve looked at recently. In Friday Report 72 we look at: Autumn booster campaign progress – over 10m now boosted Effectiveness of vaccines and prior infection against Omicron Vaccine developments – nasal (AZ), bivalent (Pfizer […] The post Friday Report – Issue 72 appeared first on COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
Australia is seeing significant excess mortality in 2022, in contrast to earlier in the pandemic. Around half the excess is from COVID deaths| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
Home page of the COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group. Concerned actuaries, epidemiologists, longevity specialists and individuals came together in the weekend of 7-8 March 2020, as the Lombardy region in Italy was being shut down.Instinctively, we knew that we face a global crisis of epic proportions, and we have to do what we can quickly, meaningfully and thoughtfully.Our Purpose is to help actuaries in thinking and responding to the COVID-19 crisis and to create a community and forum for actu...| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
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If care pathways do not rapidly return to pre-pandemic levels, the pandemic will affect the healthcare and mortality for years to come.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
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Why have their been excess deaths this summer? We examine the data and discusses possible underlying causes, including delays to urgent care.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
What is an appropriate benchmark to use when calculating excess deaths? We discuss the approaches that ONS and CMI intend to take in 2022.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
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The Friday Report is our regular update (currently monthly) with a summary of the key papers, analyses and data that we’ve looked at recently. In Friday Report 71 we look at: UK autumn booster progress Non-injection vaccines approved (breathtaking news not to be sniffed at!) Traces of mRNA vaccine in breast milk Variant prevalence – […] The post The Friday Report – Issue 71 appeared first on COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
We were devastated to hear of Adele Groyer’s death. Adele was already well known to many actuaries both in Gen Re and more widely from her contribution to the CMI, but became one of our most prominent collaborators during the pandemic. She was the author or co-author of several bulletins and blogs on specific topics […] The post Adele Groyer appeared first on COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
Excess deaths are calculated against a baseline. Stuart discusses possible baselines for 2023, concluding that ONS approach looks reasonable.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
Waiting times for admission to A&E are have progressively worsened since Summer 2021. Are people dying because of delays obtaining care?| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
