On Detecting Endemicity: Insights from All-Cause Mortality Patterns During Epidemic Transitions.

MORTALITY prevention; MORTALITY risk factors; MORTALITY; PUBLIC health surveillance; RISK assessment; CAUSES of death; EPIDEMICS; PUBLIC health; COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic

The article discusses how by considering specific patterns of all-cause mortality, it can be determined when a pathogen has likely become endemic. Topics include mortality-related measures that can help determine if an endemic phase has been reached, observations regarding excess mortality, and outbreak phases of expected deaths.