0 deaths during a particular period above the usual, expected number of deaths under normal conditions, which can show the effect of something like a disease or harmful event:
Even a 4 percent increase in pollution can translate into thousands of excess deaths each year.
Last summer, 2,000 "excess deaths" associated with the heatwave were recorded.
The excess deaths were not just in high-risk patients but in all patients.
Deprivation accounts for approximately 40% of the excess deaths.