DVD/261012 - Monitoring of excess mortality across Europe for timely assessment of the impact of communicable diseases and public health threats

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The purpose of this procurement is to develop and operate a comprehensive system for timely monitoring of all cause mortality in Europe as an indicator of the population level impact of communicable diseases and other major public health threats. Excess all-cause mortality is a basic indicator for the assessment of the impact of influenza epidemics in the general population and an understanding of its epidemiology is key for effective public health planning and action. The most widely accepted and utilised methodology for estimating influenza mortality is to model this from time-series data of all-cause mortality. Vital statistics are accessible for all European countries, but might not be available in a timely fashion. The variation of mortality rates within a population over time can be