Metadata file

Pooled metadata set containing a sheet entitled "all" with the main characteristics of the data for proper international comparisons, such as the definition of deaths attributable to COVID-19, confirmation criteria, data coverage, co-variables, and the collection and publication patterns of each data source. Another sheet entitled "population" contains information on the data sources used to retrieve the data available in the data file "Population Estimates".<br>

本合并元数据集包含两张工作表：其一为命名为"all"的工作表，收录了用于开展规范国际比较的数据集核心特征，具体包括新冠病毒感染相关死亡病例定义、确诊标准、数据覆盖范围、协变量（covariates）以及各数据源的采集与发布模式；其二为命名为"population"的工作表，其包含用于获取"Population Estimates"数据文件中可用数据的相关数据源信息。