Thread by @MarkkuPeltonen

Use of care and mortality due to corona in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Estonia; data from yesterday 7.5. Extra figures on excess mortality.

Read the whole thread. (English)

Fig 1. Number of persons in intensive care per day. 1/x

Fig 2. Number of persons in hospital care per day. Measures the burden on hospital capacity. 2/x

Fig 3. Mortality per million population. 3/x

Fig 4. Mortality per million population on log-scale, by days since 2/million deaths in the country. 4/x

Geographical differences within Finland; might be of interest to other countries to understand the spread&trend between the capital area (Helsinki) vs rest.
Fig 5. Nr of persons in intensive care/day by the five “specialised medical care regions”: 5/x

Fig 6. Within Finland: Number of persons in hospital care per day by the five “specialised medical care regions”: 6/x

Fig 7(7). Within Finland: Mortality per million in capital area (Helsinki) vs rest of Finland combined. 7/x

Extra 1. Number of deaths per day and million; 7-day moving average. For each day, the value presented is the mean of that day’s number and the numbers during the preceding 6 days. Less variation; easier to grasp the trend. (Should be a regular figure perhaps?) 9/x

Extra 2a-c. Total mortality in Finland and other countries year 2020 and past years. Illustrates excess mortality and gives a hint if all corona-related deaths are identified correctly. (Numbers for year 2020 are preliminary; will go up). 10/x

Corona-related deaths declining in all countries.
Total mortality in Finland was a bit lower early 2020 (mild influenza year maybe?), but week 15 seems already to be higher than the past. 11/x

Weekly total mortality data for European countries available from EuroStat and Finnish data from @Tilastokeskus (weekly updates). 12/x
appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?da…

While comparisons about the *levels between countries* with this kind of data is difficult, I do think these give a rough idea about the *within country changes*, and differences in *when* changes happen in different countries. 13/x

To be clear: I work at THL but my work not related to corona (dementia/diabetes); everything here my own opinions.

All data here from public sources; also the Finnish data. 

I’m not an expert on infectious disease epidemiology. 14/x

Next update on Monday 11.5!

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