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Confirmed Covid-19 deaths per million vs. GDP per capita, Jan 1, 2023

by ls15 on 1/2/23, 10:33 AM with 9 comments

• by pjc50 on 1/2/23, 11:17 AM

  Defaults to log-log, which isn't terribly helpful.

  Also, "GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP). PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates": that's also likely to trip people up.

  It would seem that the most likely explanation is that richer countries are better at confirming deaths? Or that small, dense urban microstates did badly? (Hong Kong the massive outlier)

• by thebruce87m on 1/2/23, 11:54 AM

  It would be interesting to see this with excess mortality instead: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-...

• by oifjsidjf on 1/2/23, 11:09 AM

  >> Due to varying protocols and challenges in the attribution of the cause of death, the number of confirmed deaths may not accurately represent the true number of deaths caused by COVID-19.

  How can this then be "confirmed deaths" if they themselves state it's not possible to accurately determine them.