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> Did 2020 have excessive mortality per capita compared to other years or not? No it didn't.

Yes, it did. The statistics are pretty obvious: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm

I'm saying compared to other years. That link does not compare to other years, it only compared 2020 to itself.

> Counts of deaths in the most recent weeks were compared with historical trends (from 2013 to present) to determine whether the number of deaths in recent weeks was significantly higher than expected, using Farrington surveillance algorithms (1).

I just want to know year by year death rate per capita, and average, and standard deviation. That's the only way I can draw the conclusion "is there anything abnormal going on"

All cause mortality in Sweden is flat and significantly lower than the last 20 years or so.

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