Non-COVID excess deaths, 2020-21: collateral damage of policy choices?
Working Paper Series National Bureau of Economic Research
; 16, 2022.
Article
in English
| GIM | ID: covidwho-2002488
ABSTRACT
From April 2020 through at least the end of 2021, Americans died from non-Covid causes at an average annual rate 97,000 in excess of previous trends. Hypertension and heart disease deaths combined were elevated 32,000. Diabetes or obesity, drug-induced causes, and alcohol-induced causes were each elevated 12,000 to 15,000 above previous (upward) trends. Drug deaths especially followed an alarming trend, only to significantly exceed it during the pandemic to reach 108,000 for calendar year 2021. Homicide and motor-vehicle fatalities combined were elevated almost 10,000. Various other causes combined to add 18,000. While Covid deaths overwhelmingly afflict senior citizens, absolute numbers of non-Covid excess deaths are similar for each of the 18-44, 45-64, and over-65 age groups, with essentially no aggregate excess deaths of children. Mortality from all causes during the pandemic was elevated 26 percent for working-age adults (18-64), as compared to 18 percent for the elderly. Other data on drug addictions, non-fatal shootings, weight gain, and cancer screenings point to a historic, yet largely unacknowledged, health emergency.
9004-10-8; human diseases; mortality; trends; blood pressure; blood sugar; blood vessels; body composition; body fat; body mass index; cardiovascular diseases; children; diabetes mellitus; hypertension; insulin; obesity; vascular diseases; man; USA; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; APEC countries; high income countries; North America; America; OECD Countries; very high Human Development Index countries; death rate; blood glucose; glucose in blood; high blood pressure; fatness; blood vessel disorders; United States of America
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Working Paper Series National Bureau of Economic Research
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2022
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