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Originally Posted by BetterRed
How does NC count covid-19 deaths.
Some countries/states attribute death to covid-19 if it was contracted in a fixed period prior to death - 28 days is widely used.
Others attribute death to covid-19 if the person continues to be treated for the condition(s) that covid-19 triggered (e,g. pneumonia). Example - an elderly man who was infected in March 2020 who died in December 2020 was included in NSW's covid-19 stats because he was still being treated for the conditions the covid-19 infection triggered.
BR
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Interesting - I'm not sure - will have to do some investigating. The news sources use the phrase "covid related deaths" or "deaths caused by covid." Since each state counts their own mortality rates, I'm guessing there is no uniform standard here, and each state sets their own definition.
I know there was some attempt at finagling with the hospitalization numbers initially, trying to count only new admissions, and dropping patients off the total that had been hospitalized longer than a set time.
*heading off to investigate*