Table 1. Number of expected and observed deaths of centenarians during the 2020 pandemic (March 10 - December 31) considering three periods, before, during and after the Spanish flu pandemic and estimated over-mortality.
Period of observation | At risk population March 10, 1918 | Observed deaths | Expected deaths | Excess mortality ratio | 5% confidence interval | |
January 1, 1917 | July 31, 1918 | 501 | 180 | 144 | 125.0% | 7.0% |
August 1, 1918 | May 31, 1919 | 370 | 138 | 96 | 143.8% | 8.1% |
June 1, 1919 | December 31, 1920 | 2264 | 765 | 538 | 142.2% | 3.4% |