Dødsfaldene

Dødsfaldene is the definite plural form of dødsfald in Danish, meaning fatalities or the death tolls. The term denotes the total number of people who have died in a particular event or during a defined period. Similar terms exist in related Scandinavian languages: Norwegian Bokmål uses dødsfallene as the definite plural, while Swedish uses dödsfallen.

Dødsfaldene are commonly used in statistics, journalism, and public communication to quantify fatalities resulting from natural disasters, conflicts, accidents, or health crises. They are often presented alongside other indicators such as the total population, incidence rates, or the timeframe of the event.

Data on dødsfaldene come from official statistics offices, health authorities, emergency response agencies, and international organizations. Collecting these figures can be straightforward in well-documented events but challenging in situations with reporting delays, undercounting, or population displacements. Analysts distinguish between direct dødsfall (deaths caused directly by an event) and indirect or excess deaths, which may occur due to secondary effects such as infrastructure disruption or healthcare disruption.

In usage, dødsfaldene help describe the scale of an incident and compare its impact across time or places. They are a key component of mortality statistics, risk assessment, and policy planning, including public health interventions, disaster response, and safety regulations.

See also: death toll, mortality rate, fatality, dødsfall, dödsfallen, dødsfallene.