COVID-19 

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The membership, through the Institute, applies its risk and financial management expertise to analyse COVID-19 information to better inform policy discussions about pandemic risks. Recent publications focus on ‘excess mortality’.

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How COVID-19 has affected Mortality and Morbidity
Total Deaths in Australia

 

This Paper offers essential insights to inform public policy on healthcare, social support and emergency preparedness while providing a robust foundation to mitigate the pandemic’s impact on mortality and well-being.
This Research Note on COVID-19 mortality, which looks at Australia’s experience in a global context, shows that Australian mortality is 1% lower than expected for 2020-21. This is compared with a global average of 17% higher than expected mortality.
The COVID-19 Working Group has produced a mortality Research Paper that indicates more Australians likely died from COVID-19 during the first weeks of the virus outbreak in Australia than has been reported.

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Considerations in Moving Away

The Mortality Working Group is planning to make a significant change to the baseline (or expected number of deaths) used when measuring excess mortality for Australia.

COVID April - Thought Leadership Homepage

Total excess mortality for 2023 is 5%  or +8,400 more deaths than expected if the pandemic had not happened.

COVID March - Thought Leadership Homepage

Total excess mortality for the first 11 months of 2023 is 5% (95% confidence interval: 3% to 7%) or +7,400 deaths – i.e., there were 7,400 more deaths than expected if the pandemic had not happened.

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