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Lancet Gaza Death Toll Study Faces Bias Claims
- Researchers Professor Emeritus Sergio DellaPergola and Mark Zlochin published a correspondence in The Lancet Global Health challenging the Gaza mortality survey methodology, arguing that weaknesses in survey design and execution may have distorted conflict-related fatality estimates.
- Following the survey's estimate of approximately 75,200 deaths in the Israel-Hamas War, DellaPergola and Zlochin argued the underlying population sample used by researchers was inaccurate.
- Their analysis identified several anomalies, noting that interviewer team Gaza9 reported 100 out of 393 violent deaths while surveying only eight percent of the total sample.
- Despite being designated as a correspondence rather than a peer-reviewed article, the study was disseminated widely, including by Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, fueling debate over how conflict-zone casualties are measured.
- Tensions surrounding the journal have intensified, with health organizations including the Health Advisory Council of the Jewish Voice for Peace recently petitioning to suspend the Israel Medical Association from the World Medical Association over its failure to speak out against destruction of health-care infrastructure.
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Top demographers challenge Gaza mortality study, warn of possible double counting
Prof. Sergio DellaPergola and Dr. Mark Zlochin say a widely cited Lancet Global Health study estimating about 75,200 violent deaths during the war in Gaza contains methodological flaws that could undermine its findings
·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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Researchers challenge Gaza mortality survey in Lancet correspondence
Drawing on GPS information released with the study, DellaPergola and Zlochin said interview areas overlapped in some locations rather than remaining distinct. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News Two researchers have challenged the findings of a widely cited study on deaths in Gaza, arguing in a newly published correspondence in The Lancet Global Health that weaknesses in the survey’s design and execution may have distorted estimates of conflict-r…
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