This group has long suffered much higher death rates than the general population due to a poor standard of basic healthcare.
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The UK government has claimed the new British variant of the coronavirus may be 30% more deadly.
Health statisticians keep careful tabs on how many people die every week. Based on what's happened in past years, they know what to expect – but 2020 death counts are surging beyond predictions.
The pandemic has exposed many of us to new statistical concepts, on the news, in everyday conversations and on social media. But how many are you getting wrong?
Eventually, mortality rates from COVID-19 will fall as the proportion of people who have had the disease rises.
Māori are historically at greater risk of severe illness and death during pandemics. New research shows they are at least 50% more likely to die from COVID-19 than other New Zealanders.
Health statisticians keep careful tabs on how many people die every week. Based on what's happened in past years, they know what to expect – but 2020 death counts are surging beyond predictions.
While Canada has done well compared to countries like the U.S. and the U.K. in containing COVID-19, rates of infection and deaths are higher than in many similar western democracies. Why?
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Professor of Statistics and Senior Associate Dean, Virginia Tech
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, Dalhousie University
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury
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Research assistant, University of Auckland
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Research assistant professor, Wayne State University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Communities, University of East London
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Deputy Director of the Centre for Social Work Research, University of East London
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Senior Research Fellow, Biostatistics, University of Sydney
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Senior research fellow, University of Otago
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Auckland
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Researcher, University of Auckland
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Postdocotoral Research Fellow in Molecular Virology, Queen's University Belfast
