We study the factors that affect the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths among low-income and high-income countries …

, despite the extensive spread of the virus, the mortality toll remains highly concentrated in high-income countries. Developing … countries represent 85 percent of the global population, but only 21 percent of the pandemic's death toll. This unusual … documents the observed inequality with a new indicator that expresses severity relative to pre-pandemic patterns. It argues that …

Accurately determining the number of excess deaths caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is hard. The most important … pandemic; and examine plausibility of the excess death estimates obtained in this and prior analyses. Total, group-specific and … groups and causes in the ratio of actual-to-baseline deaths, and in the contribution of COVID-19 to excess mortality. Prior …