How the Coronavirus Compares With 100 Years of Deadly Events – The New York Times

Muktita Suhartono contributed reporting from Bangkok, Carlotta Gall from Istanbul, Anatoly Kurmanaev from Caracas, Venezuela, Monika Pronczuk from Brussels, Jos Mara Len Cabrera from Quito, Ecuador, Irit Pazner from Jerusalem, John Bartlett from Santiago, Mirelis Morales from Lima and Manuela Andreoni from Rio de Janeiro.

About the data: The all-cause mortality data obtained from each city varies: Some cities publish daily death totals dating back decades, and others only for the last few years. Places with less historical data, such as Istanbul, make for rougher historical comparisons. Historical baselines used to calculate excess deaths do not adjust for any expected reduction in recent deaths from non-Covid-19 causes or for two deadly flu epidemics in Europe during the winters of 2014-15 and 2017-18.

Sources:Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Andrew Noymer; University of California, Irvine; Leslie Roberts, Columbia University Medical Center; Virginia Zarulli, University of Southern Denmark.

Homicides in Chicago: Chicago TribuneFlu deaths in New York City and Seattle: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York City: HIV Epidemiology Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Mortality in Oslo: Statistics Norway Mortality in Moscow: Moscow City Government Mortality in St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg City Government Mortality in Brazilian cities: Registro Civil and Brasil.io Mortality in Miami: Florida Department of Health Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico Vital Statistics System; Alexis Santos, Demographer at Pennsylvania State University Chicago heat wave in 1995: Whitman et al., Mortality in Chicago Attributed to the July 1995 Heat Wave Mortality in Istanbul: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mortality in Chicago: Illinois Department of Public Health Mortality in Jakarta, Indonesia: Jakarta Department of Parks and Cemeteries September 11 in New York City: Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMortality in Denver: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Mortality in Milan and Bergamo, Italy: Italian National Institute of Statistics Mortality in Detroit: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services 1957 flu in Santiago, Chile: Chowell et al., Severe mortality impact of the 1957 influenza pandemic in Chile,; General Directorate of the National Health Service of ChileParis heat wave in 2003: INSEE Mortality in Stockholm: Statistics Sweden Mortality in Boston: Massachusetts Department of Public Health Hurricane Katrina: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mortality in Paris: INSEE Mortality in Madrid and Catalonia, Spain: Daily Mortality Surveillance System Mortality in London: Office for National Statistics 1918 flu in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia: U.S. Department of CommerceMortality in Lima, Peru: Mortality Information System Mortality in Guayas, Ecuador: General Direction of Civil Registry; National Institute of Statistics 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan: National Statistics Center

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How the Coronavirus Compares With 100 Years of Deadly Events - The New York Times