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Comment by NhanH

3 days ago

Asia has about 4.8B population, Australia has 26M. On a per capita basis Australia has about 1x% more deaths

On a per capita basis, Australia has world class epidemiology, medical record keeping, and "no sparrow falls" cause of death certification . . .

This might be a case of a shortfall in record keeping and open reporting.

> Asia has about 4.8B population, Australia has 26M. On a per capita basis Australia has about 1x% more deaths

6.3e6/4.8e9 = 0.00131

4e3/26e6 = 0.00015

About 9x as bad?

Not sure about 1x%, was that 1% worse? I am sorry I might have misunderstood that.

  • I meant 11-19%, did mental maths so I did not want to specify exact value.

    Though my maths seems to be wrong as well!

My thoughts exactly. Africa and Asia see the highest numbers but this is proportional to the population count. Plus, countries in these regions have less advanced healthcare than in countries like Australia, but the latter still has a higher death rate. Quite mysterious.