https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores-projected-baseline?country=~NZL What Is Excess Mortality? Every year there is an expected number of people who pass away due to progressive disease or accident. This number is known as the Average Mortality Rate. During Covid, many of the people who had long term terminal diseases passed away before their expected time because of the further complications of having the disease and not having the ability to cope with the extra impact. When the number of deaths per year is greater than the expected number of deaths, this is known as 'excess mortality'. Since March 2023, NZ has been reporting periods of 0% or less excess deaths - however this is misleading. To explain this 'misleading' concept, we need to take a look at an example: These are not real figures. I am just establishing the understanding. Example 1: Expected Mortality Not Involving Covid Let us say that the normal mortality rate is 10,000 people pass