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  1. Charles Balder

    Dear Anton, in the last post you use the excess mortality graph of the corona dashboard (VWS) it might be interesting to use the excess mortality graph of the RIVM for this. fr gr Karel Balder

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    1. Anton

      Hello Karel,

      In this article, I have only shown what I think the explanation by CBS could have looked like. I only used the graphs that they used themselves. Except in the 'postscript of the editors'. Which graph do you mean exactly, this one? https://www.rivm.nl/monitoring-sterftecijfers-nederland

      To be clear: of course, these are not 'my' data, they are the data from CBS.
      I have only given a more realistic explanation of their own graphs.

      The fact that there are differences between RIVM and CBS excess mortality is explained on the RIVM site:
      "The excess mortality estimates of CBS and RIVM can differ at a weekly level. CBS looks at the averages over the past years for the week in question, which include increased mortality in the flu season. The RIVM also wants to map excess mortality due to the flu every year. For that reason, the estimates of CBS and RIVM differ."

      I'm not going to get involved in that debate, but if you can find any interesting differences in it, I'd love to hear what that is!

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  2. jan van ruth

    It would have been so clear if it had been stated where the italicized parts come from.

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    1. Anton

      Hi Jan, those italics come from the same tube as the rest of the text. They don't really have an equivalent in the CBS report. Because they were separate new additions, I made them italic.

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  3. Egied Hannen

    I don't understand the sentence "normal is 6,500 more than expected" (paragraph under the first graph "excess mortality.."). I would think: normal is what you expect. Where am I mistaken?

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    1. Anton

      In 2015-2019, there were an average of 6,500 more deaths than expected during the flu seasons. Every year again. This did not cause any unrest or measure. So that is 'normal'. I think that RIVM does not adjust the 'expected mortality' to keep flu mortality in line with excess mortality. That will be easier for them to calculate. So the expected mortality is about 6,500 below the normal mortality. https://virusvaria.nl/sterfte-normaal-dus-hoger-dan-het-rivm-verwacht/ That excess mortality will continue to grow considerably, by the way: https://virusvaria.nl/oversterfte-binnenkort-naar-ca-10-000-per-jaar/

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