Despite COVID-19, Australian mortality improvement is on trend

  • Angelo Andrew
  • Karen Cutter
  • Jennifer Lang
  • Han Li
  • Richard Lyon
  • Zhan Wang
  • Mengyi Xu

Press/Media: Research

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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected Australia’s cause-specific mortality so far in 2021? The Actuaries Institute’s COVID-19 Mortality Working Group has developed a statistical model to predict deaths across several major causes of death, against which actual deaths can be monitored.

Period2 Nov 2021

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  • TitleDespite COVID-19, Australian mortality improvement is on trend
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletActuaries Digital
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date2/11/21
    DescriptionHow has the COVID-19 pandemic affected Australia’s cause-specific mortality so far in 2021? The Actuaries Institute’s COVID-19 Mortality Working Group has developed a statistical model to predict deaths across several major causes of death, against which actual deaths can be monitored.
    URLhttps://www.actuaries.digital/2021/11/02/despite-covid-19-australian-mortality-improvement-is-on-trend/
    PersonsAngelo Andrew, Karen Cutter, Jennifer Lang, Han Li, Richard Lyon, Zhan Wang, Mengyi Xu