# International excess deaths

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-09-10T08:55:00+00:00
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Our world in data https://ourworldindata.org https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores-average-baseline https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid Excess mortality is a term used in epidemiology and public health that refers to the number of deaths from all causes during a crisis above and beyond what we would have expected to see under ‘normal’ conditions Excess deaths = Reported deaths – Expected deaths https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid#excess-mortality-our-data-sources The Human Mortality Database is maintained by a team of researchers based at the University of California, Berkeley, USA and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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