{"id":114242,"date":"2021-06-23T11:42:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T06:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=114242"},"modified":"2021-06-23T11:42:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T06:12:05","slug":"counting-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/counting-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting the dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Context<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Undercounting of COVID-related deaths in India<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is the issue?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Due to gaps in the civil registration data, the actual death toll due to COVID is still a mystery.\u00a0There\u2019s\u00a0no way to know it because the aggregated all-India civil registration data is only available until 2018.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is the impact of lack of data? Or why we need data?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The lack of data means\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">health care policy is based on\u00a0guesswork<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"88\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"103\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Policymakers\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cannot prioritize, and\u00a0allocate\u00a0resources effectively. It is also difficult to review policy decisions, and suggest course corrections.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"88\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"104\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Insurers<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0cannot reliably compute life premiums.\u00a0Even road and rail safety could improve with good,\u00a0timely\u00a0data inputs, given over 200,000 Indians die annually in accidents.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"88\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"105\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lack of data also creates problems\u00a0when it comes to\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">claiming citizenship<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"88\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"106\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Massive undercounting of deaths<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: The evidence pieced together by analysts suggests massive undercounting of Covid-related deaths. The reported figures from states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh\u00a0indicate\u00a0overall excess deaths in the past two to three months.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What are the necessary steps?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A comprehensive\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">overhaul of the civil registration system<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0is necessary.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"90\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"107\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These data must also be\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">openly searchable<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and released as close to real time as possible.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"90\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"108\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Increasing awareness<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Citizens must be encouraged to register births and deaths as a matter of course.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"90\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"109\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Medical certificates<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0must also be more informative with respect to real, and underlying causes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"90\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"110\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To alleviate\u00a0privacy concerns, such data could also be anonymized before release (though it could be de-anonymized by using the available open data of the voters\u2019 lists)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Conclusion<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Covid tragedy can be used as an opportunity to revamp our civil registration system\u00a0for a stronger, resilient and a long-term\u00a0healthcare\u00a0policy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Source<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/opinion\/counting-the-dead-121062101612_1.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Business-standard<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also :-<a class=\"seoquake-params-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gross-domestic-product-gdp\/\" rel=\"9294bd67 x_url\">What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: Undercounting of COVID-related deaths in India\u00a0 What is the issue?\u00a0 Due to gaps in the civil registration data, the actual death toll due to COVID is still a mystery.\u00a0There\u2019s\u00a0no way to know it because the aggregated all-India civil registration data is only available until 2018.\u00a0 What is the impact of lack of data? Or&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/counting-the-dead\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Counting the dead<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,8043,9],"tags":[8128,8127,300,212,8131],"class_list":["post-114242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-current-affairs-cat","category-public","tag-covid","tag-covid-related-deaths","tag-governance","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-social-issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":6,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701562518},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}