Death and Data

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References in the recording:

The Provisional CDC WONDER Database can be found here: https://wonder.cdc.gov/mcd-icd10-provisional.html

ASOP 23: Data Quality http://www.actuarialstandardsboard.org/asops/data-quality/

The time I discussed data quality 2 years ago:

(Actuaries! Listen to the podcast and watch the video! Read ASOP 23! Between the three should be 50 minutes… one credit of CE! Of professionalism! For free!)

Stories on the geneticists changing the gene names because of Excel in August 2020: Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates

Human genes renamed as Microsoft Excel reads them as dates

COVID data lost due to using old file formats in October 2020:

The Wrong Tool for an Important Job (that one is by me)

COVID round-up: Current Mortality, Bad Spreadsheets, Problem with COVID testing, Longer-lasting effects from COVID, and more

UK Covid-19 Track & Trace Excel snafu: Uncontrolled spreadsheets lead to data loss