Excess mortality is not self-interpreting: Baseline choice as a governance issue in public health analytics
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Published online on March 02, 2026
Abstract
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Ahead of Print.
Interpretation of excess mortality depends critically on baseline choice. This commentary examines the recent debate on all-cause mortality in Norway in 2024 and argues that it reflects a conflation of two distinct purposes: real-time surveillance using ...
Interpretation of excess mortality depends critically on baseline choice. This commentary examines the recent debate on all-cause mortality in Norway in 2024 and argues that it reflects a conflation of two distinct purposes: real-time surveillance using ...