Thousands more Australians died in 2022 than expected. COVID was behind the majority of them
- Written by: Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
Shutterstock/David L YoungLast month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released a report of mortality statistics. It showed that from January to July 2022, there were 17% more deaths (16,375) than the average expected for these months.
This historical average is based on an average of the deaths for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. They did not...