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Modelling and short-term forecasting of seasonal mortality
Ainhoa-Elena Leger, Silvia Rizzi, Ugofilippo Basellini
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Excess mortality, i.e. the difference between expected and observed mortality, is used to quantify the death toll of mortality shocks, such as infectious disease-related epidemics and pandemics. However, predictions of expected mortality are sensitive to model assumptions. Among three specifications of a Serfling-Poisson regression for seasonal mortality, we analyse which one yields the most accurate predictions. We compare the Serfling-Poisson models with: 1) parametric effect for the trend and seasonality (SP), 2) non-parametric effect for the trend and seasonality (SP-STSS), also known as modulation model, and 3) non-parametric effect for the trend and parametric effect for the seasonality (SP-STFS). Forecasting is achieved with P-splines smoothing. The SP-STFS model resulted in more accurate historical forecasts of monthly rates from national statistical offices in 25 European countries. An application to the COVID-19 pandemic years illustrates how excess mortality can be used to evaluate the vulnerability of populations and aid public health planning.
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