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. 2021 May 21;38:100433. doi: 10.1016/j.sste.2021.100433

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Fig 2 — Standardised incidence (SIR) and mortality ratios (SMR) of federal states in Germany by notification week.

A SIR or SMR greater than 1 means that the observed number of SARS-CoV-2 cases (O) is higher than expected (E). Estimates illustrated on a log-scale. BW: Baden-Wuerttemberg, BY: Bavaria, BE: Berlin, BB: Brandenburg, HB: Bremen, MV: Mecklenburg Pomerania, NI: Lower Saxony, NW: Northrhine-Westphalia, RP: Rhineland Palatinate, SL: Saarland, SN: Saxony, ST: Saxony-Anhalt, SH: Schleswig Holstein, TH: Thuringia.