Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen

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Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen er ph.d., psykolog, seniorforsker, avdelingsdirektør og leder for Senter for sykdomsbyrde ved Folkehelseinstituttet.

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No gold standard for calculating excess mortality

Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen,
Ingeborg Forthun,
Christian Madsen

06.11.2023: When observed mortality is higher than expected mortality, it is referred to as excess mortality. While observed mortality is easy to quantify, calculating expected mortality is challenging. Using different methods can sometimes lead to major differences in excess mortality estimates. Following a...