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America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
“Excess Mortality” During COVID-19 Varied by Race, Ethnicity, Geography
An additional 573,000 people died in the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic but “excess mortality” at the national level masks substantial variations by state, age, sex, and race and ethnicity, according to new U.S. Census Bureau research recently published in Demography.
“Excess mortality” refers to deaths from any cause above what is expected from recent mortality trends.
This research shows the pandemic widened the mortality gap between the nation’s Black and White populations and completely erased the mortality advantage of the Hispanic population in relation to the non-Hispanic White population.
Overall, males ages 65 and older, non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Native, Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black individuals experienced higher rates of excess mortality than other groups, according to the research.
Continue reading to learn more about:
- How we track excess mortality
- Excess mortality by age, sex, and race/ethnicity
- Time and space variations
- Pandemic and mortality disparities
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