Mortality data is often out of date and hard to aggregate at the national level.
A collection of articles and papers listed below explore this issue, the ramifications, and potential solutions.
September 23, 2022
The U.S. Dept. of Labor estimates that there has been more than $45 billion in pandemic unemployment fraud, including 200,000+ claims filed in the names of dead people.
January 18, 2022
It's been two years since the start of the pandemic, but death counts from Covid-19 are still widely unknown and working out exact numbers poses a complex challenge.
November 10, 2021
Fact of Death, a new Identified Mortality Index from Veritas Data Research, provides 90% coverage for recorded US deaths
March 13, 2021
COVID-19 modeling shows death rates depend mostly on age, whereas comorbidities sharply raise chances of hospitalization in young people.
February 23, 2022
The Wall Street Journal has published a front page story highlighting the impact excess Covid + non-Covid deaths are having on the life insurance industry.
December 21, 2021
A new report shows that 32 states have seen 1% or more of their population age 65 and older die of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
September 30, 2021
The nation’s decentralized, underfunded reporting system hampers efforts to combat the coronavirus.