COVID-19 mortality statistics: a comparative study of epidemiological surveillance data and death certificates in 2020 in Belgium

Last updated on 20-12-2024 by Natalia Bustos Sierra

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The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the rapid establishment of the COVID-19 mortality epidemiological surveillance database (SURV) in Belgium due to a significant delay in availability of the cause of death database (COD). Understanding differences and limitations in both databases is crucial for contextualising COVID-19 mortality statistics. This study assesses SURV’s data quality, raises awareness of differences and limitations in both databases, and proposes recommendations for future pandemic mortality surveillance. SURV and COD were linked probabilistically to explore overall coverag…

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