Why are the zero lines at different levels? Doesn't make sense.
Yeah, it looks like one year was plotted as the number of deaths and the other as a percentage of excess deaths.
Week 0 starts with something. That's how they do it at ourworldindata.org also.
Why?
Two different scales. One represents total excess deaths, the other one represents percentages.
Right, but both should begin at zero. Or what am I missing?
The zeros do not correspond. Zero percent of excess does not mean zero number of deaths.
But it clearly says 'Cumulative Excess Deaths' for both graphs. One is expressed in numbers and one in percentage.
Yes. You are right. It is no problem that the scale starts ar a negative number, since excess deaths are calculated by comparing with previous years. But the two scales (left and right) should correspond.
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Why are the zero lines at different levels? Doesn't make sense.
Yeah, it looks like one year was plotted as the number of deaths and the other as a percentage of excess deaths.
Week 0 starts with something. That's how they do it at ourworldindata.org also.
Why?
Two different scales. One represents total excess deaths, the other one represents percentages.
Right, but both should begin at zero. Or what am I missing?
The zeros do not correspond. Zero percent of excess does not mean zero number of deaths.
But it clearly says 'Cumulative Excess Deaths' for both graphs. One is expressed in numbers and one in percentage.
Yes. You are right. It is no problem that the scale starts ar a negative number, since excess deaths are calculated by comparing with previous years. But the two scales (left and right) should correspond.