It would be unusual that they use reporting date vs date of death. The date of death is pretty normally distributed [0]. So while the reporting date probably pi

It would be unusual that they use reporting date vs date of death. The date of death is pretty normally distributed [0]. So while the reporting date probably piles up on Mondays, that’s not very useful for studying. [0] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/table14_99.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/table14_99.pdf (in the US at least)