From 2019 to 2020, death rates increased for heart disease, accidents, stroke, Alzheimer disease, and diabetes.
The pandemic also has had indirect effects on other causes of death in the US.
The increased ranking of COVID-19 as a leading cause of death in some age groups is consistent with a downward age shift in the distribution of COVID-19 deaths in the US in 2021 compared with 2020, 6 perhaps driven by higher COVID-19 vaccination rates in 2021 in the oldest age groups. Compared with the 2020 time period, deaths from COVID-19 in the 2021 time period decreased in ranking among those aged 85 years or older but increased in ranking among those aged 15 to 54 years, and became the leading cause of death among those aged 45 to 54 years. Cancer and heart disease deaths exceeded COVID-19 deaths overall and in most age groups, whereas accidents were the leading cause of death among those aged 1 to 44 years. Compared with 2020, COVID-19 increased from the fifth (6100 deaths) to the second leading cause of death (13 000 deaths) among those aged 35 to 44 years in 2021, became the fourth leading cause of death in 2021 among those aged 25 to 34 years (5000 deaths), and those aged 15 to 24 years (1100 deaths).įrom March 2020 to October 2021, COVID-19 accounted for 1 in 8 deaths in the US and was a top 5 cause of death in every age group aged 15 years and older. In both time periods, accidents accounted for the largest number of deaths in every age group 1 to 44 years. Among those aged 45 to 54 years, COVID-19 was the fourth leading cause of death in 2020 (17 000 deaths, 10.4% of deaths), following heart disease, cancer, and accidents in 2021, however, it was the leading cause of death (30 000 deaths, 16.8% of deaths). Among people aged 85 years and older, COVID-19 was ranked as the second leading cause of death in 2020 (110 000 deaths, 12.8% of deaths), and third in 2021 (69 000, 8.9% of deaths). The leading 3 causes of death in these age groups were the same in 20. Among those older than 1 year, the number of deaths increased across age groups.ĭeaths from cancer, heart disease, and COVID-19 accounted for the largest number of deaths in every group aged 55 years and older ( Table, Figure). There were 2.875 million deaths in March to December 2020 and 2.855 million deaths in January to October 2021 the 5 leading causes of death were the same in each year. Shared Decision Making and Communicationįrom March 2020 to October 2021, heart disease (20.1%), cancer (17.5%), COVID-19 (12.2%), accidents (6.2%), and stroke (4.7%) were the most common causes of death in the US.Scientific Discovery and the Future of Medicine.Health Care Economics, Insurance, Payment.Clinical Implications of Basic Neuroscience.Challenges in Clinical Electrocardiography.You can help by adding missing persons provided: 1) a Wikipedia article exists about the person, and 2) COVID-19 has been reported as the cause of death in the reliable sources (those sources need not be included in this list, but they must be present in each linked article). This is a dynamic list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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