Mortality and Excess Mortality: Improving FluMOMO

Table 2

Negative binomial fit log link and offset on exposure to risk without lead.

Generalized linear model to explain the number of deaths per week
Explanatory variables	Coefficients	Standard error	Z value	value
Intercept	−9.874893	0.061893	−159.548	2.00E − 16
Deaths of previous week	0.000319	0.000010	32.138	2.00E − 16
Influenza activity index	0.000936	0.000106	8.844	2.00E − 16
COVID-19 deaths	0.000107	0.000037	2.936	3.32E − 03
Average age	0.014851	0.001502	9.885	2.00E − 16
Existence of flu season	0.041480	0.005363	7.734	1.04E − 14
Existence of heat wave	0.117854	0.117854	5.817	6.00E − 09