Excess mortality is not self-interpreting: Baseline choice as a governance issue in public health analytics
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Published online on March 02, 2026
Abstract
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Volume 54, Issue 4, Page 429-431, June 2026.
Interpretation of excess mortality depends critically on baseline choice. This commentary examines the recent debate on all-cause mortality in Norway in 2024 and argues that it reflects a conflation of two distinct purposes: real-time surveillance using ...
Interpretation of excess mortality depends critically on baseline choice. This commentary examines the recent debate on all-cause mortality in Norway in 2024 and argues that it reflects a conflation of two distinct purposes: real-time surveillance using ...