Journal of Population Sciences
From: Assessing excess mortality in times of pandemics based on principal component analysis of weekly mortality data—the case of COVID-19
Principal component no.
Explained variance [in %]
Explained variance cumulative [in %]
1
54.9
2
5.8
60.7
3
2.6
63.3
4
1.8
65.1
5
1.6
66.7
6
1.4
68.1
7
1.1
69.2
8
70.2
9–152
<1
100