![]() ![]() For remaining rankable leading causes, we used CDC Wonder data for average monthly death counts by age group in 2020.This chart shows the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths per day. For other leading causes, we used CDC provisional death counts for other leading causes summed for each month through September 2022 where available. Other respiratory includes other diseases of the lungs such as acute and lower respiratory disease. Stroke represents cerebrovascular disease.įor age-specific ranking of COVID-19 among other leading causes of death, we used CDC provisional COVID-19 deaths data by age and month. Chronic respiratory or respiratory represents chronic lower respiratory disease. Heart disease deaths were combined for all circulatory diseases except stroke. For data on deaths due to other “ rankable” leading causes of death for all ages, we used CDC monthly provisional and weekly counts for select causes of death. ![]() We used the KFF COVID-19 Tracker data through Novemfor average daily and monthly total COVID-19 deaths in the United States for all ages. How big a winter surge in infections might be is uncertain, and the extent to which it translates into larger numbers of deaths will likely depend on booster uptake in the coming months. However, deaths have spiked in both winters since the virus emerged, so, despite a plateau in COVID-19 deaths in recent months, it is possible there will be another surge this winter. COVID-19 deaths tend to ebb and flow in waves. DiscussionĬOVID-19 is on track to be the third leading cause of death in 2022, just as it was in 20, even with much higher primary series vaccination, in part because booster rates have been low. In September 2022, COVID-19 ranked as the 5 th or 6 th leading cause of death for elderly people in the U.S., and the 8 th or 9 th leading cause for most other age groups. However, starting in March and continuing through most of the year, COVID-19 has fallen in ranking as a leading cause of death across age groups. Among leading causes of death, COVID-19 was number 3 among children age 5-14 and number 4 among young people age 15-24. In January 2022, COVID-19 ranked as the number 1 cause of death for people age 45 and over as well as number 2 for people ages 25-44. (Since COVID-19 emerged, the number of deaths attributed to heart disease has tended to increase at the same time COVID-19 deaths surge). COVID-19 claimed 2,045 lives in January 2022 and 2,194 lives in February 2022, which is more than the number of deaths from heart disease in January 2019. COVID-19 was the number 1 cause of death for people ages 45 years and over in January 2022, but has since fallen in rankingĬOVID-19 was among the top 4 leading causes of death for all groups age 5 and older in January 2022. We do not include children under age 5 in age-specific COVID ranking because there are relatively few deaths from any cause, meaning that the rankings of leading causes in each month can be influenced by even a small change in the number of deaths from a given cause. Therefore, for each age group, we assume the number of deaths that arose from these other leading causes were similar to those in the first 9 months of 2021. The number of deaths caused by COVID-19 are available for recent months, but the number of deaths from accidents, suicides, and homicides in the most recent months are incomplete. The chart above shows how COVID-19 compares among the top 10 leading causes of death for each age group 5 and older for cumulative COVID-19 deaths in January through September 2022. To rank COVID-19 among other leading causes of death by age groups, we looked at COVID-19 deaths for each age group and the most recent available data for other “rankable” age-specific leading causes for the period of January to September 2022. ![]() For the period January through September 2022, COVID-19 has ranked in top 3 leading causes of death for ages 55 and older COVID-19 ranked #5 in September 2022, closely tied with number of average daily deaths from strokes. Since deaths from other leading causes below accidents are fairly close, COVID-19’s rank tends to fluctuate. ![]() COVID-19 daily average deaths in the month were closely followed by diabetes and Alzheimer disease. each year, led to the death of about 2,000 people per day and cancer claimed nearly 1,700 lives per day, on average, based on data from 2022.īased on average daily deaths, COVID-19 was the number 6 cause of death in October 2022 below accidents, strokes, and chronic lower respiratory disease. By comparison, heart disease, which is typically the number one cause of death in the U.S. Looking at data on deaths from COVID-19 and other causes, in October 2022, COVID-19 took the lives of about 344 people per day on average. Over the course of the pandemic, COVID-19 has frequently ranked among the top 3 leading causes of death in the U.S. ![]()
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