Cumulative excess deaths in New Zealand in the COVID-19 era: biases from ignoring changes in population growth rates: comment

David Hood

New Zealand Economic Papers, 2025, vol. 59, issue 2, 124-130

Abstract: For measuring mortality and excess deaths, age standardised mortality has been an industry standard for centuries. Methods that acknowledge changes in population age structure should be used when assessing mortality.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/00779954.2024.2379781

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