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Mortality Spikes

Mortality Spikes is a temporal phenomenon in demographic studies characterized by a sudden, significant increase in mortality rates over a brief period, distinguished from baseline mortality trends by its intensity, duration, and association with exogenous shocks such as pandemics, famines, or conflicts.

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2017–2026

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Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Kanyin Liane Ong, Amirali Aali, Hazim Ababneh et al. · The Lancet · 2024 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Diadema and its relationship to coral spat mortality: Grazing, competition, and biological disturbance

Paul W. Sammarco · Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology · 1980 · 391 citations

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Flood-induced mortality across the globe: Spatiotemporal pattern and influencing factors

Pan Hu, Qiang Zhang, Peijun Shi et al. · The Science of The Total Environment · 2018 · 304 citations

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DNA evidence for historic population size and past ecosystem impacts of gray whales

S. Elizabeth Alter, Eric Rynes, Stephen R. Palumbi · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 159 citations · Full text

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Application of a weighted head-banging algorithm to mortality data maps

Michael Mungiole, Linda W. Pickle, Katherine Hansen Simonson · Statistics in Medicine · 1999 · 101 citations

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Authors

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  1. MM
    Martin McKee

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. FA
    Firdos Ahmad

    University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

    1 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. AB
    Amadou Barrow

    University of the Gambia, Gambia

    1 publications · 2.5K citations

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  4. BM
    Bethia Manson

    Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 37 citations

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    Ahmed Y. Azzam

    University of Washington, United States

    1 publications · 2.5K citations

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Institutions

37

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    778 publications

    2M citations

  2. Dianet

    Utrecht, Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    318 citations

  4. Regione del Veneto

    Venice, Italy

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    50 citations

  5. Pacific University

    Forest Grove, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    318 citations

  6. Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    5K citations

  7. Centenary Institute

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  8. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 1 publications · 159 citations

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  2. BMJ

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  3. Journal of Nephrology

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  4. Emerging infectious diseases

    EID · 1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. Statistics in Medicine

    1 publications · 101 citations

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