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. 2022 May 25;7(5):e008477. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008477

Table 3.

Ratio of excess mortality to reported COVID-19 deaths

Country Location Ratio (95% CI)
Argentina Buenos Aires City 1.07 (1.0 to 1.5)
Argentina Municipality of Hurlingham 1.07 (1.0 to 1.5)
Brazil Maranhao 1.41 (1.0 to 2.4)
Brazil Sao Paulo City 1.02 (1.0 to 1.3)
Brazil Cuiaba, Mato Grosso 1.00 (1.0 to 1.0)
Brazil Varzea Grande, Mato Grosso 1.00 (1.0 to 1.0)
Chile Coquimbo-La Serena, Greater Santiago, Talca 1.00 (1.0 to 1.0)
China Wuhan 1.00 (1.0 to 1.0)
Colombia Leticia (Amazonas) 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Colombia Barranquilla (Atlantico) 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Colombia Medellin (Antioquia) 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Colombia Bucaramanga (Santander) 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Colombia Cucuta (Norte Santander) 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Colombia Villavicencio (Meta) 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Colombia Bogota 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Colombia Cali (Valle del Cauca) 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Colombia Ipiales (Narino) 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Colombia Cordoba: 8 cities 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Ecuador Cuenca (Azuay) 1.01 (1.0 to 1.1)
Hungary National Study 1.04 (1.0 to 1.4)
India Karnataka 4.89 (2.6 to 8.2)
India Chennai 4.80 (2.7 to 7.9)
Jordan National Study 1.57 (1.0 to 3.0)
Kenya Nairobi County 13.29 (7.1 to 23.1)
Paraguay Asuncion+Central Department 1.10 (1.0 to 1.6)
Peru Lambayeque 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Peru Lima (Metropolitana)+Callao 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)
Peru Iquitos, Loreto 1.09 (1.0 to 1.6)

Note: This table shows Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimates of the ratio of excess mortality to reported COVID-19 deaths (constrained to be 1.0 or greater).22 The 95% CIs, enclosed in parentheses, are also taken directly from IHME, with a one-tailed interval for each location where the estimated undercount ratio is constrained by the lower bound of unity.