Excess deaths during COVID pandemic could exceed 10,000 in Alberta, says expert
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Not everyone agrees on the number of excess deaths in the province, citing different methodologies for calculating the number of excess deaths.
During the COVID pandemic, more Albertans died over the last three years than expected, and not all of that increase is attributed to COVID, said Statistics Canada.
In June 2022, Statistics Canada released a report on the excess mortality among younger Canadians for January and noted that select provinces observed very high changes in death data.
The report found excess mortality rates for residents under 45 were over half (51.6%) in Alberta. For those 45 and older, the rate more than halved to 18.8%.
A spokesperson for Alberta Health said the excess death figures are not a result of underreporting. Continue…