Graph of covid deaths in us11/29/2023 ROBERT ANDERSON: The underlying cause of death is the condition that initiated the chain of events leading to death. Can you explain what the underlying cause of death means? HOST: The final data for 2020 show over 350,000 deaths from COVID-19, meaning the virus was the underlying cause of death. Joining us today to talk about these 2020 numbers for COVID-19 numbers, as well as the difference between tracking underlying causes of death and contributing causes of death, is Mortality Statistics chief Robert Anderson. The official 350,831 COVID-19 deaths for 2020 reflects deaths in which COVID was the underlying cause of death. CDC had reported a higher number of deaths from its case surveillance reporting system, and NCHS had also posted a higher number on its web site, closer to 385,000 deaths – which included any death mentioning COVID. The final, official tally of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. COVID-19 was the 3 rd leading cause of death in 2020, with nearly 150,000 more deaths than the 4 th leading cause of death, accidents, and over 250,000 fewer deaths than the 2 nd leading cause of death, cancer. Also, suicide fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death in 2020 after the number and rate of suicide dropped for a 2 nd consecutive year.Īnd of course there was a new entry to the list of 10 leading causes of death in 2020. Meanwhile, death rates decreased for 2 leading causes of death – cancer and chronic lung disease – and remained unchanged for another cause: kidney disease. Death rates increased for 6 of the 10 leading causes of death in 2020, including a nearly 17 percent increase in deaths from accidents or unintentional injuries… as well as a nearly 15 percent increase in deaths from diabetes. The final overall death rate in America rose from 715 deaths per 100,000 in 2019 to 835 per 100,000 in 2020 – a nearly 17 percent increase. Many of the 2020 findings had been released previously, in preliminary or provisional form: The final number on life expectancy showed a decline of 1.8 years in 2020. As in past years, these final death statistics focus on conditions or injuries that are listed as the underlying cause of death on the death certificate, and do not include conditions or injuries listed as a contributing cause on the death certs. HOST: NCHS closed out the year in December with the release of final data on deaths in the United States for 2020.
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