The statistics of epidemics are messing, whether the 1855 yellow fever at Norfolk/Portsmouth, Virginia (my area of interest) or the current pandemic. While the scale of conversation is often national, what would one do with death statistics for a town like Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee? The deaths on one side of the border would be repor…
The statistics of epidemics are messing, whether the 1855 yellow fever at Norfolk/Portsmouth, Virginia (my area of interest) or the current pandemic. While the scale of conversation is often national, what would one do with death statistics for a town like Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee? The deaths on one side of the border would be reported to a different county and state health department and might be subjected to very different suppression or amplification.
I agree with "Andy in Tx" that excess deaths would perhaps be more helpful and with "Gijs van Soest" that some control might be needed for numbers from nations with more comprehensive health statistic tracking mechanism in place before the pandemic versus the less prepared.
The statistics of epidemics are messing, whether the 1855 yellow fever at Norfolk/Portsmouth, Virginia (my area of interest) or the current pandemic. While the scale of conversation is often national, what would one do with death statistics for a town like Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee? The deaths on one side of the border would be reported to a different county and state health department and might be subjected to very different suppression or amplification.
I agree with "Andy in Tx" that excess deaths would perhaps be more helpful and with "Gijs van Soest" that some control might be needed for numbers from nations with more comprehensive health statistic tracking mechanism in place before the pandemic versus the less prepared.