1. HealthCroatia

   Croatia: 14.9% more deaths a year in 2020–2022 than the 2015–2019 trend predicted

   Deaths above the extended 2015–2019 trend (Human Mortality Database, Macroscope's calculation): 2020 +10.5%, 2021 +22.3%, 2022 +11.9%. Men's life expectancy (UN estimate): 74.9 years in 2019, 74 years in 2021. The UN's 2019 revision expected 76 years for 2020–2025; the estimate for the years so far is 74.8 years.

   Source: Human Mortality Database (excess deaths: Macroscope's calculation); UN WPPOpen on the chart →

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