Mortality and Excess Mortality: Improving FluMOMO

Table 1

Negative binomial fit log link and offset on exposure to risk with lead.

Generalized linear model to explain the number of deaths per week
Explanatory variables	Coefficients	Standard error	Z value	value
Intercept	−9.82399	0.05193	−189.183	2.00E − 16
Deaths from previous week	0.00022	0.00001	16.222	2.00E – 16
Deaths from the following week	0.00020	0.00001	20.910	2.00E − 16
Influenza activity index	0.00019	0.00010	1.896	6.16E − 02
COVID-19 deaths	0.00001	0.00003	0.295	7.68E − 01
Average age	0.00973	0.00130	7.497	2.00E − 14
Existence of flu season	0.02181	0.00467	4.673	2.97E − 06
Existence of heat wave	0.05380	0.01741	3.091	2.00E − 03