COVID-19 mortality data and level of democracy in post-communist countries: Data sources and accuracy

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=f5Ty3Z3EWT" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=f5Ty3Z3EWT</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2025-0014" target="_blank" >10.2478/mgr-2025-0014</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

COVID-19 mortality data and level of democracy in post-communist countries: Data sources and accuracy

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Emerging studies highlight the potential influence of different political regimes on COVID-19 mortality statistics reliability. This study has two objectives: first, to analyze COVID-19 mortality datasets and identify accurate sources for post-communist countries of the European Union and former Soviet Union; second, to examine the relations between COVID-19 mortality data quality and democracy levels in these countries. Given limited open access or transparent national data sources in some countries, this analysis seeks to help researchers identify optimal existing sources for these regions. Observed mortality levels during the pandemic were evaluated in relation to democracy levels to explore associations between governance and data reporting practices. Two mortality indicators (excess mortality and undercount ratio of deaths) were analyzed over 2020-2021 based on three international databases:World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations World Population Prospects (UN WPP), and World Mortality Dataset (WMD). These sources were crucial since some post-communist countries&apos; national statistical offices do not publish mortality data publicly. The Democracy Index from The Economist Intelligence Unit (2019-2021) was used for democracy classification. Countries were grouped based on mortality characteristics, using cluster analysis. Results suggest that lower democracy levels may be a risk factor for transparency in health data reporting.

Název v anglickém jazyce

COVID-19 mortality data and level of democracy in post-communist countries: Data sources and accuracy

Popis výsledku anglicky

Emerging studies highlight the potential influence of different political regimes on COVID-19 mortality statistics reliability. This study has two objectives: first, to analyze COVID-19 mortality datasets and identify accurate sources for post-communist countries of the European Union and former Soviet Union; second, to examine the relations between COVID-19 mortality data quality and democracy levels in these countries. Given limited open access or transparent national data sources in some countries, this analysis seeks to help researchers identify optimal existing sources for these regions. Observed mortality levels during the pandemic were evaluated in relation to democracy levels to explore associations between governance and data reporting practices. Two mortality indicators (excess mortality and undercount ratio of deaths) were analyzed over 2020-2021 based on three international databases:World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations World Population Prospects (UN WPP), and World Mortality Dataset (WMD). These sources were crucial since some post-communist countries&apos; national statistical offices do not publish mortality data publicly. The Democracy Index from The Economist Intelligence Unit (2019-2021) was used for democracy classification. Countries were grouped based on mortality characteristics, using cluster analysis. Results suggest that lower democracy levels may be a risk factor for transparency in health data reporting.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50402 - Demography

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Moravian Geographical Reports

ISSN

1210-8812

e-ISSN

2199-6202

Svazek periodika

33

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

176-184

Kód UT WoS článku

001588155400004

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105018489436