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This video clearly demonstrates how racist America is as a country and how far we have to go to become a country that is civilized and actually values equal justice. We must not rest until this goal is achieved. I do not want my great grandchildren to live in a country like we have today. I wish for them to live in a country where differences of race and culture are not ignored but valued as a part of what makes America great.

Friday, April 23, 2021

‘Excess Deaths’ in 2020 Surpassed Those of 1918 Flu Pandemic - The New York Times

‘Excess Deaths’ in 2020 Surpassed Those of 1918 Flu Pandemic

"The U.S. death rate in 2020 was the highest above normal ever recorded in the country — even surpassing the calamity of the 1918 flu pandemic.

Death rate above and below normal in the U.S.

–15%–10%–5%+5%+10%+15%191019181933195020002020

Data before 1933 do not include all states.

1918 flu pandemic

Covid-19 pandemic

A surge in deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic created the largest gap between the actual and expected death rate in 2020 — what epidemiologists call “excess deaths,” or deaths above normal.

Aside from fatalities directly attributed to Covid-19, some excess deaths last year were most likely undercounts of the virus or misdiagnoses, or indirectly related to the pandemic otherwise. Preliminary federal data show that overdose deaths have also surged during the pandemic.

A New York Times analysis of U.S. death patterns for the past century shows how much 2020 deviated from the norm.

A shift in a downward trend

Since the 1918 pandemic, the country’s death rate has fallen steadily. But last year, the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted that trend, in spite of a century of improvements in medicine and public health.

Death rate in the U.S. over time

1,0002,0003,000 deaths per 100,000191019181933195020002020

Data before 1933 do not include all states.

1918 flu pandemic

Covid-19 pandemic

In the first half of the 20th century, deaths were mainly dominated by infectious diseases. As medical advancements increased life expectancy, death rates also started to smooth out in the 1950s, and the mortality rate in recent decades — driven largely by chronic diseases — had continued to decline.

In 2020, however, the United States saw the largest single-year surge in the death rate since federal statistics became available. The rate increased 16 percent from 2019, even more than the 12 percent jump during the 1918 flu pandemic.

Largest increases in death rate since 1910

Percent increase in death rate from previous year

A striking single-year uptick

In 2020, a record 3.4 million people died in the United States. Over the last century, the total number of deaths naturally rose as the population grew. Even amid this continual rise, however, the sharp uptick last year stands out.

Total deaths in the U.S. over time

1 million 2 million 3 million deaths191019181933195020002020

Data before 1933 do not include all states.

1918 flu pandemic

Covid-19 pandemic

Combined with deaths in the first few months of this year, Covid-19 has now claimed more than half a million lives in the United States. The total number of Covid-19 deaths so far is on track to surpass the toll of the 1918 pandemic, which killed an estimated 675,000 nationwide.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 10 percent of the deaths last year can be directly attributed to Covid-19, which overtook other leading causes of death — like chronic lower respiratory diseases and unintentional injuries, such as car accidents and overdose deaths — to become the third biggest killer, after heart disease and cancer.

Leading causes of deaths in the U.S.

2015

2.7 million total deaths

Heart disease

23% of deaths in 2015

Chronic lower respiratory diseases

6%

Other causes

Unintentional injuries

6%

Unintentional injuries

6%

Unintentional injuries

6%

Unintentional injuries

6%

Source: C.D.C. data published in JAMA | Notes: Data for 2020 are provisional. Covid-19 deaths include only those that have Covid-19 as the underlying cause.

Methodology

Total death numbers for 2020 are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data for 2020 are provisional because of lags in the reporting of deaths.

Historical death numbers and death rates are from the National Vital Statistics System at the C.D.C. and C.D.C. Wonder. Death rates are age-adjusted by the C.D.C. using the 2000 standard population. Not all states were included in years prior to 1933. For earlier years, rates are calculated based only on the population of the states that are included.

Expected rates for each year are calculated using a simple linear regression based on rates from the previous five years. The death rate in 1918 was excluded when calculating expected rates."

‘Excess Deaths’ in 2020 Surpassed Those of 1918 Flu Pandemic - The New York Times

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