Below is a table of the 113 causes of death from CDC’s WONDER multiple cause database for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021. I encourage you to look through it to see if there are any trends we are overlooking.
Keep in mind that most of these causes of death are not determined by professional autopsies.
I’ve included the percentage change in deaths from each cause from 2018 to 2019, from 2019 to 2020, and from 2020 to 2021.
Looking at the % difference between 2018 and 2019 can suggest, assuming that sample size is large enough that we aren’t just looking at random fluctuations, if there appears to have been a long-term trend up or down. In general, though, 2018 and 2019 tended to be pretty similar.
In contrast, many kinds of death were up sharply in 2020 over 2019, for example, from COVID and an opaque catch-all category called “Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases and their sequelae,” which I suspect is typically from damage done by COVID, although I’d be fascinated to learn more about it. My guess is that is often people telling the funeral director that their brother had been fighting Disease X (or Y or Z) for years, but then he got COVID and never got healthy enough again to keep up the fight against X, so the form says he died both of X and of “sequelae” to an infectious disease.
Keep in mind that this database counts multiple causes of death, which are trickier to think about statistically than single causes. (By the way, much of the methodological mess going on with FBI crime statistics is due to the FBI trying to switch local police departments over from reporting only the most serious crime in an incident to reporting multiple crimes in an incident, with a lot of local police departments not wanting to have to wrap their heads around the change.)
And in 2020 there was a historic jump in what you might call lifestyle deaths: e.g., diabetes, cirrhosis, homicides, “accidental poisonings” (drug overdoses, increasingly fentanyl), homicides, and car crashes, which seem to be related to the events of 2020, which might have included a broad moral breakdown.
2021 seemed a lot like 2020 except even worse, although usually not as much worse as 2020 compared to 2019. One worrisome exception, however, was “Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium,” which increased at an accelerating rate throughout the time period, including being up 32% in 2021 over 2020.
Pregnancy is serious stuff, so we need more research into what’s causing this growth in deaths. Is it the mRNA vaccine?
Septicemia is another cause that went up faster in 2021 than in 2020. Renal failure did too, although these are smaller.
If COVID vaccines were killing younger Americans rather than COVID, fentanyl, each other, etc., you’d expect low growth in deaths from 2019 to 2020 (the first year of COVID, with virtually no vaccinations) and then a sharp increase in deaths in 2021 over 2020 as vaccinations became widespread. The pregnancy numbers might fit that model, but I don’t see many others that do. Please look through the list for causes of death that might be blamed on the vaccines going up much more in 2021 than in 2020 and let us know of your findings in the comments.
| Underlying Causes of Death | Under Age 45 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Chg 2019 | Chg 2020 | Chg 2021 | Notes |
| UCD – ICD-10 113 Cause List | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | |||||
| #Salmonella infections | GR113-001 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | 16 | ||||
| #Shigellosis and amebiasis | GR113-002 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| Certain other intestinal infections | GR113-003 | 338 | 361 | 290 | 342 | 7% | -20% | 18% | |
| #Tuberculosis | GR113-004 | 43 | 46 | 62 | 60 | 7% | 35% | -3% | |
| Respiratory tuberculosis | GR113-005 | 24 | 27 | 46 | 41 | 13% | 70% | -11% | |
| Other tuberculosis | GR113-006 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 0% | -16% | 19% | |
| #Whooping cough | GR113-007 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| #Scarlet fever and erysipelas | GR113-008 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| #Meningococcal infection | GR113-009 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 45% | 19% | -42% | |
| #Septicemia | GR113-010 | 1,594 | 1,555 | 1,666 | 1,833 | -2% | 7% | 10% | |
| #Syphilis | GR113-011 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| #Acute poliomyelitis | GR113-012 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| #Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis | GR113-013 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| #Measles | GR113-014 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| #Viral hepatitis | GR113-015 | 243 | 229 | 220 | 214 | -6% | -4% | -3% | |
| #Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease | GR113-016 | 1,298 | 1,238 | 1,293 | 1,282 | -5% | 4% | -1% | |
| #Malaria | GR113-017 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases and their sequelae | GR113-018 | 830 | 914 | 9,848 | 24,841 | 10% | 977% | 152% | Covid-related? |
| #Malignant neoplasms | GR113-019 | 16,915 | 16,775 | 16,762 | 17,262 | -1% | 0% | 3% | Cancer |
| Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx | GR113-020 | 261 | 252 | 245 | 280 | -3% | -3% | 14% | |
| Malignant neoplasm of esophagus | GR113-021 | 253 | 288 | 247 | 276 | 14% | -14% | 12% | |
| Malignant neoplasm of stomach | GR113-022 | 578 | 576 | 582 | 553 | 0% | 1% | -5% | |
| Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectum and anus | GR113-023 | 1,858 | 1,790 | 1,978 | 2,074 | -4% | 11% | 5% | |
| Malignant neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts | GR113-024 | 510 | 494 | 489 | 516 | -3% | -1% | 6% | |
| Malignant neoplasm of pancreas | GR113-025 | 500 | 540 | 523 | 563 | 8% | -3% | 8% | |
| Malignant neoplasm of larynx | GR113-026 | 24 | 22 | 33 | 27 | -8% | 50% | -18% | |
| Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung | GR113-027 | 930 | 907 | 901 | 911 | -2% | -1% | 1% | |
| Malignant melanoma of skin | GR113-028 | 448 | 428 | 436 | 388 | -4% | 2% | -11% | |
| Malignant neoplasm of breast | GR113-029 | 2,222 | 2,360 | 2,151 | 2,251 | 6% | -9% | 5% | |
| Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri | GR113-030 | 749 | 741 | 817 | 883 | -1% | 10% | 8% | |
| Malignant neoplasms of corpus uteri and uterus, part unspecified | GR113-031 | 232 | 251 | 233 | 286 | 8% | -7% | 23% | |
| Malignant neoplasm of ovary | GR113-032 | 401 | 404 | 399 | 411 | 1% | -1% | 3% | |
| Malignant neoplasm of prostate | GR113-033 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 22 | 16% | 21% | -37% | |
| Malignant neoplasms of kidney and renal pelvis | GR113-034 | 360 | 320 | 335 | 335 | -11% | 5% | 0% | |
| Malignant neoplasm of bladder | GR113-035 | 78 | 93 | 84 | 84 | 19% | -10% | 0% | |
| Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain and other parts of central nervous system | GR113-036 | 1,931 | 1,823 | 1,906 | 1,886 | -6% | 5% | -1% | |
| Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue | GR113-037 | 2,302 | 2,301 | 2,142 | 2,157 | 0% | -7% | 1% | |
| Hodgkin disease | GR113-038 | 123 | 116 | 106 | 113 | -6% | -9% | 7% | |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | GR113-039 | 581 | 590 | 524 | 546 | 2% | -11% | 4% | |
| Leukemia | GR113-040 | 1,515 | 1,485 | 1,424 | 1,407 | -2% | -4% | -1% | |
| Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative neoplasms | GR113-041 | 81 | 105 | 78 | 88 | 30% | -26% | 13% | |
| Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue | GR113-042 | Under 10 | Under 10 | 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| All other and unspecified malignant neoplasms | GR113-043 | 3,253 | 3,156 | 3,226 | 3,359 | -3% | 2% | 4% | |
| #In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | GR113-044 | 546 | 562 | 576 | 566 | 3% | 2% | -2% | |
| #Anemias | GR113-045 | 446 | 453 | 446 | 489 | 2% | -2% | 10% | |
| #Diabetes mellitus | GR113-046 | 3,403 | 3,391 | 4,445 | 4,643 | 0% | 31% | 4% |
Diabetes up in 2020 |
| #Nutritional deficiencies | GR113-047 | 141 | 124 | 165 | 195 | -12% | 33% | 18% | |
| Malnutrition | GR113-048 | 130 | 114 | 154 | 182 | -12% | 35% | 18% | |
| Other nutritional deficiencies | GR113-049 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | -9% | 10% | 18% | |
| #Meningitis | GR113-050 | 175 | 134 | 146 | 149 | -23% | 9% | 2% | |
| #Parkinson disease | GR113-051 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 19 | -43% | -17% | 90% | |
| #Alzheimer disease | GR113-052 | Under 10 | 12 | Under 10 | 15 | ||||
| Major cardiovascular diseases | GR113-053 | 19,582 | 19,629 | 22,143 | 23,379 | 0% | 13% | 6% |
Cardiovascular up in 20 and 21 |
| #Diseases of heart | GR113-054 | 15,570 | 15,445 | 17,552 | 18,432 | -1% | 14% | 5% | |
| Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart diseases | GR113-055 | 187 | 175 | 210 | 225 | -6% | 20% | 7% | |
| Hypertensive heart disease | GR113-056 | 2,337 | 2,365 | 2,745 | 2,797 | 1% | 16% | 2% | |
| Hypertensive heart and renal disease | GR113-057 | 150 | 165 | 166 | 222 | 10% | 1% | 34% | |
| Ischemic heart diseases | GR113-058 | 5,545 | 5,514 | 6,240 | 6,541 | -1% | 13% | 5% | |
| Acute myocardial infarction | GR113-059 | 2,164 | 2,047 | 2,415 | 2,519 | -5% | 18% | 4% | Heart attack |
| Other acute ischemic heart diseases | GR113-060 | 64 | 88 | 103 | 114 | 38% | 17% | 11% | |
| Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease | GR113-061 | 3,317 | 3,379 | 3,722 | 3,908 | 2% | 10% | 5% | |
| Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described | GR113-062 | 1,716 | 1,805 | 2,010 | 2,167 | 5% | 11% | 8% | |
| All other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease | GR113-063 | 1,601 | 1,574 | 1,712 | 1,741 | -2% | 9% | 2% | |
| Other heart diseases | GR113-064 | 7,351 | 7,226 | 8,191 | 8,647 | -2% | 13% | 6% | |
| Acute and subacute endocarditis | GR113-065 | 349 | 308 | 348 | 351 | -12% | 13% | 1% | |
| Diseases of pericardium and acute myocarditis | GR113-066 | 153 | 157 | 175 | 158 | 3% | 11% | -10% | |
| Heart failure | GR113-067 | 719 | 781 | 967 | 992 | 9% | 24% | 3% | |
| All other forms of heart disease | GR113-068 | 6,130 | 5,980 | 6,701 | 7,146 | -2% | 12% | 7% | |
| #Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | GR113-069 | 610 | 642 | 750 | 865 | 5% | 17% | 15% | |
| #Cerebrovascular diseases | GR113-070 | 2,648 | 2,723 | 3,031 | 3,243 | 3% | 11% | 7% | Strokes |
| #Atherosclerosis | GR113-071 | 30 | 27 | 36 | 23 | -10% | 33% | -36% | |
| Other diseases of circulatory system | GR113-072 | 724 | 792 | 774 | 816 | 9% | -2% | 5% | |
| #Aortic aneurysm and dissection | GR113-073 | 499 | 554 | 543 | 552 | 11% | -2% | 2% | |
| Other diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries | GR113-074 | 225 | 238 | 231 | 264 | 6% | -3% | 14% | |
| Other disorders of circulatory system | GR113-075 | 625 | 637 | 842 | 771 | 2% | 32% | -8% | |
| #Influenza and pneumonia | GR113-076 | 2,033 | 1,991 | 2,225 | 1,591 | -2% | 12% | -28% | |
| Influenza | GR113-077 | 590 | 577 | 630 | 46 | -2% | 9% | -93% |
Flu way down in 2021 |
| Pneumonia | GR113-078 | 1,443 | 1,414 | 1,595 | 1,545 | -2% | 13% | -3% |
Pneumonia up in 2020, down in 2021 |
| Other acute lower respiratory infections | GR113-079 | 77 | 78 | 44 | 59 | 1% | -44% | 34% | |
| #Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis | GR113-080 | 67 | 70 | 40 | 52 | 4% | -43% | 30% | |
| Other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections | GR113-081 | 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| #Chronic lower respiratory diseases | GR113-082 | 1,310 | 1,393 | 1,587 | 1,394 | 6% | 14% | -12% | |
| Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified | GR113-083 | 40 | 48 | 24 | 27 | 20% | -50% | 13% | |
| Emphysema | GR113-084 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 34 | -6% | 13% | 0% | |
| Asthma | GR113-085 | 853 | 987 | 1,120 | 925 | 16% | 13% | -17% | |
| Other chronic lower respiratory diseases | GR113-086 | 385 | 328 | 409 | 408 | -15% | 25% | 0% | |
| #Pneumoconioses and chemical effects | GR113-087 | Under 10 | 14 | 16 | 14 | ||||
| #Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | GR113-088 | 358 | 375 | 428 | 500 | 5% | 14% | 17% | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | GR113-089 | 1,298 | 1,348 | 1,401 | 1,384 | 4% | 4% | -1% | |
| #Peptic ulcer | GR113-090 | 137 | 126 | 140 | 182 | -8% | 11% | 30% | |
| #Diseases of appendix | GR113-091 | 47 | 37 | 39 | 59 | -21% | 5% | 51% | |
| #Hernia | GR113-092 | 61 | 65 | 83 | 81 | 7% | 28% | -2% | |
| #Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | GR113-093 | 4,156 | 4,565 | 6,620 | 7,731 | 10% | 45% | 17% |
Alcohoism deaths way up since 2018 |
| Alcoholic liver disease | GR113-094 | 3,257 | 3,616 | 5,308 | 6,182 | 11% | 47% | 16% | |
| Other chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | GR113-095 | 899 | 949 | 1,312 | 1,549 | 6% | 38% | 18% | |
| #Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder | GR113-096 | 77 | 70 | 82 | 83 | -9% | 17% | 1% | |
| #Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | GR113-097 | 1,171 | 1,209 | 1,314 | 1,455 | 3% | 9% | 11% | |
| Acute and rapidly progressive nephritic and nephrotic syndrome | GR113-098 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 0% | 28% | 17% | |
| Chronic glomerulonephritis, nephritis and nephropathy not specified as acute or chronic, and renal sclerosis unspecified | GR113-099 | 36 | 42 | 39 | 31 | 17% | -7% | -21% | |
| Renal failure | GR113-100 | 1,113 | 1,146 | 1,248 | 1,394 | 3% | 9% | 12% | |
| Other disorders of kidney | GR113-101 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| #Infections of kidney | GR113-102 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 84 | 14% | 14% | 31% | |
| #Hyperplasia of prostate | GR113-103 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| #Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs | GR113-104 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 21% | 6% | 94% | |
| #Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | GR113-105 | 960 | 1,082 | 1,263 | 1,669 | 13% | 17% | 32% | This is not good |
| Pregnancy with abortive outcome | GR113-106 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 47 | -10% | 0% | 81% | |
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | GR113-107 | 931 | 1,056 | 1,237 | 1,622 | 13% | 17% | 31% | |
| #Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | GR113-108 | 10,698 | 10,401 | 9,650 | 9,566 | -3% | -7% | -1% | |
| #Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | GR113-109 | 6,467 | 6,318 | 6,074 | 6,116 | -2% | -4% | 1% | |
| Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | GR113-110 | 5,970 | 5,806 | 6,311 | 6,955 | -3% | 9% | 10% | ??? |
| All other diseases | GR113-111 | 15,771 | 16,388 | 19,155 | 20,767 | 4% | 17% | 8% | ??? |
| #Accidents (unintentional injuries) | GR113-112 | 63,145 | 64,248 | 81,402 | 91,035 | 2% | 27% | 12% | Fentanyl ODs? |
| Transport accidents | GR113-113 | 20,909 | 20,578 | 23,649 | 26,013 | -2% | 15% | 10% | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | GR113-114 | 19,923 | 19,517 | 22,582 | 24,924 | -2% | 16% | 10% | Depolicing? |
| Other land transport accidents | GR113-115 | 481 | 490 | 473 | 497 | 2% | -3% | 5% | |
| Water, air and space, and other and unspecified transport accidents and their sequelae | GR113-116 | 505 | 571 | 594 | 592 | 13% | 4% | 0% | |
| Nontransport accidents | GR113-117 | 42,236 | 43,670 | 57,753 | 65,022 | 3% | 32% | 13% | |
| Falls | GR113-118 | 1,036 | 1,103 | 1,183 | 1,332 | 6% | 7% | 13% | |
| Accidental discharge of firearms | GR113-119 | 308 | 310 | 379 | 389 | 1% | 22% | 3% | |
| Accidental drowning and submersion | GR113-120 | 2,025 | 1,926 | 2,266 | 2,334 | -5% | 18% | 3% | |
| Accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames | GR113-121 | 745 | 619 | 676 | 785 | -17% | 9% | 16% | |
| Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances | GR113-122 | 34,642 | 36,078 | 49,660 | 56,307 | 4% | 38% | 13% |
Probably fentanyl ODs |
| Other and unspecified nontransport accidents and their sequelae | GR113-123 | 3,480 | 3,634 | 3,589 | 3,875 | 4% | -1% | 8% | |
| #Intentional self-harm (suicide) | GR113-124 | 22,357 | 22,084 | 22,431 | 23,859 | -1% | 2% | 6% | |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) by discharge of firearms | GR113-125 | 9,849 | 9,666 | 10,513 | 11,691 | -2% | 9% | 11% | |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) by other and unspecified means and their sequelae | GR113-126 | 12,508 | 12,418 | 11,918 | 12,168 | -1% | -4% | 2% | |
| #Assault (homicide) | GR113-127 | 14,056 | 14,454 | 19,084 | 20,131 | 3% | 32% | 5% | Racial reckoning |
| Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms | GR113-128 | 11,275 | 11,766 | 16,058 | 17,263 | 4% | 36% | 8% | |
| Assault (homicide) by other and unspecified means and their sequelae | GR113-129 | 2,781 | 2,688 | 3,026 | 2,868 | -3% | 13% | -5% | |
| #Legal intervention | GR113-130 | 444 | 464 | 572 | 518 | 5% | 23% | -9% | |
| Events of undetermined intent | GR113-131 | 2,855 | 2,875 | 3,151 | 3,356 | 1% | 10% | 7% | |
| Discharge of firearms, undetermined intent | GR113-132 | 246 | 231 | 286 | 336 | -6% | 24% | 17% | |
| Other and unspecified events of undetermined intent and their sequelae | GR113-133 | 2,609 | 2,644 | 2,865 | 3,020 | 1% | 8% | 5% | ??? |
| #Operations of war and their sequelae | GR113-134 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| #Complications of medical and surgical care | GR113-135 | 375 | 452 | 412 | 508 | 21% | -9% | 23% | |
| #Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile | GR113-136 | 78 | 73 | 60 | 66 | -6% | -18% | 10% | |
| #COVID-19 | GR113-137 | Under 10 | Under 10 | 8,937 | 23,827 | Incalcuable | 167% | Covid | |
| Data not shown due to 6 month lag to account for delays in death certificate completion for certain causes of death | GR113-999 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | Under 10 | ||||
| Total | 200,125 | 202,029 | 242,526 | 275,231 | 1% | 20% | 13% | ||
| Covid and “infectious disease sequelae” | 830 | 914 | 18,785 | 48,668 | 10% | 1955% | 159% | ||
| Total without covid and “infectious sequelae” | 199,295 | 201,115 | 223,741 | 226,563 | 1% | 11% | 1% | ||
| Deaths of Despair and/or Exuberance | 100,279 | 101,791 | 126,687 | 139,395 | 2% | 24% | 10% | ||
| #Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease | GR113-016 | 1,298 | 1,238 | 1,293 | 1,282 | -5% | 4% | -1% | |
| #Diabetes mellitus | GR113-046 | 3,403 | 3,391 | 4,445 | 4,643 | 0% | 31% | 4% | |
| #Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | GR113-093 | 4,156 | 4,565 | 6,620 | 7,731 | 10% | 45% | 17% | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | GR113-114 | 19,923 | 19,517 | 22,582 | 24,924 | -2% | 16% | 10% | |
| Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances | GR113-122 | 34,642 | 36,078 | 49,660 | 56,307 | 4% | 38% | 13% | |
| #Intentional self-harm (suicide) | GR113-124 | 22,357 | 22,084 | 22,431 | 23,859 | -1% | 2% | 6% | |
| #Assault (homicide) | GR113-127 | 14,056 | 14,454 | 19,084 | 20,131 | 3% | 32% | 5% | |
| #Legal intervention | GR113-130 | 444 | 464 | 572 | 518 | 5% | 23% | -9% |
Overall, deaths among Americans under age 45 increased 1% in 2019 over 2018, 20% in in 2020 over 2019, and 13% in 2021 over 2020.
Please note that this is a “multiple cause of death” table, with an average of 2.23 causes for each death being reported in 2018 and 2019 and 2.27 causes in 2020 and 2021.
Multiple causes of death went up 1% in 2019, 22% in 2020, and 13% in 2021.
Not counting covid causes of deaths and a vague category of “infectious disease sequelae,” which I’m guessing means mostly dying of covid later, causes of deaths among younger people were up 1% in 2019, 18% in 2020, and 8% in 2021.
No doubt, some readers are assuming that if they can’t find many line items fitting their preferred theory of recent history, such as this pattern of low growth in deaths in 2020 and high growth of deaths in 2021, it’s all part of a multi-year scheme by the CDC bean counters beginning in 2020 to forestall Steve Sailer from figuring out in 2023 this methodology and using it to expose what’s going on.
Perhaps.
But my impression is that government bureaucracies usually aren’t that farsighted.
And here are the comparable stats for Americans 45 and over:
| Age 45+ | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2019 Chg% | 2020 Chg% | 2021 Chg% |
| UCD – ICD-10 113 Cause List | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | 2019 Chg% | 2020 Chg% | 2021 Chg% |
| #Salmonella infections | 52 | 50 | 52 | 56 | -4% | 4% | 8% |
| #Shigellosis and amebiasis | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | |||
| Certain other intestinal infections | 7,566 | 6,933 | 6,561 | 6,694 | -8% | -5% | 2% |
| #Tuberculosis | 499 | 480 | 538 | 542 | -4% | 12% | 1% |
| Respiratory tuberculosis | 327 | 319 | 365 | 394 | -2% | 14% | 8% |
| Other tuberculosis | 172 | 161 | 173 | 148 | -6% | 7% | -14% |
| #Whooping cough | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | |||
| #Scarlet fever and erysipelas | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | |||
| #Meningococcal infection | 17 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 12% | -47% | 0% |
| #Septicemia | 39,122 | 36,875 | 38,382 | 39,448 | -6% | 4% | 3% |
| #Syphilis | 35 | 36 | 42 | 36 | 3% | 17% | -14% |
| #Acute poliomyelitis | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | |||
| #Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis | <10 | 17 | <10 | <10 | |||
| #Measles | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | |||
| #Viral hepatitis | 4,598 | 4,056 | 3,723 | 3,375 | -12% | -8% | -9% |
| #Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease | 4,127 | 3,804 | 3,822 | 3,695 | -8% | 0% | -3% |
| #Malaria | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | |||
| Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases and their sequelae | 7,560 | 8,038 | 352,583 | 402,966 | 6% | 4286% | 14% |
| #Malignant neoplasms | 582,350 | 582,814 | 585,585 | 587,944 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx | 9,897 | 10,240 | 10,590 | 11,113 | 3% | 3% | 5% |
| Malignant neoplasm of esophagus | 15,166 | 15,673 | 15,426 | 15,467 | 3% | -2% | 0% |
| Malignant neoplasm of stomach | 10,465 | 10,516 | 10,651 | 10,340 | 0% | 1% | -3% |
| Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectum and anus | 51,236 | 51,196 | 51,117 | 52,045 | 0% | 0% | 2% |
| Malignant neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts | 27,175 | 27,464 | 27,738 | 28,202 | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Malignant neoplasm of pancreas | 44,414 | 45,345 | 46,251 | 47,343 | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Malignant neoplasm of larynx | 3,753 | 3,789 | 3,773 | 3,860 | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung | 141,230 | 138,773 | 135,265 | 133,679 | -2% | -3% | -1% |
| Malignant melanoma of skin | 7,751 | 7,664 | 7,778 | 7,836 | -1% | 1% | 1% |
| Malignant neoplasm of breast | 40,727 | 40,387 | 40,612 | 40,559 | -1% | 1% | 0% |
| Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri | 3,389 | 3,411 | 3,455 | 3,483 | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Malignant neoplasms of corpus uteri and uterus, part unspecified | 11,006 | 11,305 | 11,762 | 11,922 | 3% | 4% | 1% |
| Malignant neoplasm of ovary | 13,347 | 13,041 | 13,039 | 13,019 | -2% | 0% | 0% |
| Malignant neoplasm of prostate | 31,463 | 31,607 | 32,672 | 32,541 | 0% | 3% | 0% |
| Malignant neoplasms of kidney and renal pelvis | 13,774 | 13,701 | 14,106 | 13,828 | -1% | 3% | -2% |
| Malignant neoplasm of bladder | 16,563 | 16,703 | 16,598 | 16,756 | 1% | -1% | 1% |
| Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain and other parts of central nervous system | 15,195 | 15,409 | 16,128 | 15,971 | 1% | 5% | -1% |
| Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue | 55,306 | 55,159 | 55,599 | 55,218 | 0% | 1% | -1% |
| Hodgkin disease | 915 | 827 | 905 | 890 | -10% | 9% | -2% |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 19,706 | 19,680 | 19,646 | 19,474 | 0% | 0% | -1% |
| Leukemia | 21,843 | 21,685 | 21,998 | 21,864 | -1% | 1% | -1% |
| Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative neoplasms | 12,728 | 12,849 | 12,921 | 12,845 | 1% | 1% | -1% |
| Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue | 114 | 118 | 129 | 145 | 4% | 9% | 12% |
| All other and unspecified malignant neoplasms | 70,493 | 71,431 | 73,025 | 74,762 | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| #In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior | 15,094 | 15,028 | 15,653 | 15,671 | 0% | 4% | 0% |
| #Anemias | 4,816 | 4,800 | 5,187 | 5,498 | 0% | 8% | 6% |
| #Diabetes mellitus | 81,537 | 84,253 | 97,742 | 98,651 | 3% | 16% | 1% |
| #Nutritional deficiencies | 9,478 | 11,446 | 14,517 | 17,310 | 21% | 27% | 19% |
| Malnutrition | 9,205 | 11,138 | 14,183 | 16,924 | 21% | 27% | 19% |
| Other nutritional deficiencies | 273 | 308 | 334 | 386 | 13% | 8% | 16% |
| #Meningitis | 457 | 449 | 376 | 385 | -2% | -16% | 2% |
| #Parkinson disease | 33,808 | 35,299 | 40,274 | 38,517 | 4% | 14% | -4% |
| #Alzheimer disease | 122,010 | 121,487 | 134,234 | 119,383 | 0% | 10% | -11% |
| Major cardiovascular diseases | 844,207 | 850,211 | 901,067 | 902,518 | 1% | 6% | 0% |
| #Diseases of heart | 639,771 | 643,558 | 679,385 | 677,091 | 1% | 6% | 0% |
| Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart diseases | 3,373 | 3,472 | 3,666 | 3,682 | 3% | 6% | 0% |
| Hypertensive heart disease | 49,185 | 52,985 | 62,956 | 64,973 | 8% | 19% | 3% |
| Hypertensive heart and renal disease | 8,367 | 10,028 | 12,222 | 13,694 | 20% | 22% | 12% |
| Ischemic heart diseases | 360,170 | 355,361 | 376,563 | 368,923 | -1% | 6% | -2% |
| Acute myocardial infarction | 106,441 | 102,230 | 106,780 | 106,577 | -4% | 4% | 0% |
| Other acute ischemic heart diseases | 4,286 | 4,291 | 4,487 | 4,633 | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease | 249,443 | 248,840 | 265,296 | 257,713 | 0% | 7% | -3% |
| Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described | 63,193 | 64,169 | 75,107 | 75,999 | 2% | 17% | 1% |
| All other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease | 186,250 | 184,671 | 190,189 | 181,714 | -1% | 3% | -4% |
| Other heart diseases | 218,676 | 221,712 | 223,978 | 225,819 | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Acute and subacute endocarditis | 1,308 | 1,337 | 1,423 | 1,416 | 2% | 6% | 0% |
| Diseases of pericardium and acute myocarditis (I30-I31,I40) | 835 | 879 | 939 | 1,079 | 5% | 7% | 15% |
| Heart failure | 82,893 | 85,395 | 84,888 | 84,044 | 3% | -1% | -1% |
| All other forms of heart disease | 133,640 | 134,101 | 136,728 | 139,280 | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| #Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease | 35,222 | 35,882 | 41,157 | 41,950 | 2% | 15% | 2% |
| #Cerebrovascular diseases | 145,161 | 147,277 | 157,231 | 159,646 | 1% | 7% | 2% |
| #Atherosclerosis | 4,901 | 4,390 | 4,721 | 4,191 | -10% | 8% | -11% |
| Other diseases of circulatory system | 19,152 | 19,104 | 18,573 | 19,640 | 0% | -3% | 6% |
| #Aortic aneurysm and dissection | 9,423 | 9,350 | 8,774 | 9,485 | -1% | -6% | 8% |
| Other diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries | 9,729 | 9,754 | 9,799 | 10,155 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| Other disorders of circulatory system | 4,202 | 4,092 | 4,661 | 4,884 | -3% | 14% | 5% |
| #Influenza and pneumonia | 57,085 | 47,789 | 51,317 | 40,325 | -16% | 7% | -21% |
| Influenza | 10,574 | 5,324 | 5,313 | 562 | -50% | 0% | -89% |
| Pneumonia | 46,511 | 42,465 | 46,004 | 39,763 | -9% | 8% | -14% |
| Other acute lower respiratory infections | 244 | 225 | 295 | 130 | -8% | 31% | -56% |
| #Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis | 171 | 156 | 139 | 76 | -9% | -11% | -45% |
| Other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections | 73 | 69 | 156 | 54 | -5% | 126% | -65% |
| #Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 158,171 | 155,581 | 151,066 | 140,946 | -2% | -3% | -7% |
| Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified | 452 | 400 | 433 | 308 | -12% | 8% | -29% |
| Emphysema | 7,527 | 7,242 | 7,391 | 7,302 | -4% | 2% | -1% |
| Asthma | 2,587 | 2,537 | 3,025 | 2,592 | -2% | 19% | -14% |
| Other chronic lower respiratory diseases | 147,605 | 145,402 | 140,217 | 130,744 | -1% | -4% | -7% |
| #Pneumoconioses and chemical effects | 658 | 658 | 606 | 550 | 0% | -8% | -9% |
| #Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids | 18,881 | 18,809 | 17,898 | 19,469 | 0% | -5% | 9% |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 42,514 | 42,762 | 43,705 | 44,504 | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| #Peptic ulcer | 3,235 | 3,417 | 3,689 | 3,826 | 6% | 8% | 4% |
| #Diseases of appendix | 321 | 351 | 410 | 390 | 9% | 17% | -5% |
| #Hernia | 2,204 | 2,204 | 2,120 | 2,406 | 0% | -4% | 13% |
| #Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 38,681 | 39,789 | 45,021 | 48,852 | 3% | 13% | 9% |
| Alcoholic liver disease | 19,914 | 20,490 | 24,196 | 26,915 | 3% | 18% | 11% |
| Other chronic liver disease and cirrhosis | 18,767 | 19,299 | 20,825 | 21,937 | 3% | 8% | 5% |
| #Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder | 3,700 | 3,780 | 3,903 | 4,407 | 2% | 3% | 13% |
| #Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 50,212 | 50,356 | 51,232 | 52,903 | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Acute and rapidly progressive nephritic and nephrotic syndrome | 668 | 677 | 716 | 754 | 1% | 6% | 5% |
| Chronic glomerulonephritis, nephritis and nephropathy not specified as acute or chronic, and renal sclerosis unspecified | 231 | 268 | 264 | 259 | 16% | -1% | -2% |
| Renal failure | 49,288 | 49,388 | 50,229 | 51,867 | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Other disorders of kidney | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | -8% | 0% | 0% |
| #Infections of kidney | 815 | 899 | 1,013 | 1,164 | 10% | 13% | 15% |
| #Hyperplasia of prostate | 578 | 636 | 707 | 715 | 10% | 11% | 1% |
| #Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs | 149 | 145 | 156 | 179 | -3% | 8% | 15% |
| #Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 13 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 54% | 25% | -28% |
| Pregnancy with abortive outcome | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | |||
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 13 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 54% | 20% | -29% |
| #Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period | 18 | 11 | 19 | 12 | -39% | 73% | -37% |
| #Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 3,260 | 3,395 | 3,499 | 3,547 | 4% | 3% | 1% |
| Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 26,544 | 26,566 | 27,756 | 27,532 | 0% | 4% | -1% |
| All other diseases (Residual) | 328,168 | 338,302 | 375,005 | 376,726 | 3% | 11% | 0% |
| #Accidents (unintentional injuries) | 103,962 | 108,778 | 119,530 | 133,881 | 5% | 10% | 12% |
| Transport accidents | 21,121 | 21,369 | 21,510 | 23,828 | 1% | 1% | 11% |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 19,479 | 19,588 | 19,754 | 22,052 | 1% | 1% | 12% |
| Other land transport accidents | 583 | 615 | 642 | 682 | 5% | 4% | 6% |
| Water, air and space, and other and unspecified transport accidents and their sequelae | 1,059 | 1,166 | 1,114 | 1,094 | 10% | -4% | -2% |
| Nontransport accidents | 82,841 | 87,409 | 98,020 | 110,053 | 6% | 12% | 12% |
| Falls | 36,419 | 38,340 | 40,930 | 43,353 | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Accidental discharge of firearms | 150 | 176 | 156 | 160 | 17% | -11% | 3% |
| Accidental drowning and submersion | 1,681 | 1,763 | 1,910 | 2,003 | 5% | 8% | 5% |
| Accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames | 2,227 | 2,072 | 2,275 | 2,603 | -7% | 10% | 14% |
| Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances | 27,743 | 29,688 | 37,726 | 45,685 | 7% | 27% | 21% |
| Other and unspecified nontransport accidents and their sequelae | 14,621 | 15,370 | 15,023 | 16,249 | 5% | -2% | 8% |
| #Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 25,987 | 25,423 | 23,546 | 24,320 | -2% | -7% | 3% |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) by discharge of firearms | 14,583 | 14,274 | 13,779 | 14,636 | -2% | -3% | 6% |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) by other and unspecified means and their sequelae | 11,404 | 11,149 | 9,767 | 9,684 | -2% | -12% | -1% |
| #Assault (homicide) | 4,772 | 4,685 | 5,490 | 5,899 | -2% | 17% | 7% |
| Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms | 2,682 | 2,647 | 3,325 | 3,695 | -1% | 26% | 11% |
| Assault (homicide) by other and unspecified means and their sequelae | 2,090 | 2,038 | 2,165 | 2,204 | -2% | 6% | 2% |
| #Legal intervention | 174 | 188 | 208 | 151 | 8% | 11% | -27% |
| Events of undetermined intent | 2,797 | 2,804 | 2,889 | 2,901 | 0% | 3% | 0% |
| Discharge of firearms, undetermined intent | 107 | 114 | 114 | 122 | 7% | 0% | 7% |
| Other and unspecified events of undetermined intent and their sequelae | 2,690 | 2,690 | 2,775 | 2,779 | 0% | 3% | 0% |
| #Operations of war and their sequelae | <10 | 10 | 10 | <10 | |||
| #Complications of medical and surgical care | 4,229 | 4,877 | 4,949 | 5,543 | 15% | 1% | 12% |
| #Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile | 5,171 | 4,460 | 4,009 | 4,039 | -14% | -10% | 1% |
| #COVID-19 | <10 | <10 | 341,890 | 393,063 |
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| Data not shown due to 6 month lag to account for delays in death certificate completion for certain causes of death | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | |||
| Total Deaths | 2,638,936 | 2,652,662 | 3,141,087 | 3,188,906 | 1% | 18% | 2% |
| Total Multiple causes of death | 6169016 | 6190020 | 7178013 | 7282754 | 0% | 16% | 1% |
| Causes per death | 2.34 | 2.33 | 2.29 | 2.28 | 0% | -2% | 0% |
Looking over the 45+ age range, one cause of death that might be associated with vaccines is “Diseases of pericardium and acute myocarditis,” which went up from 939 deaths in 2020 to 1079 in 2021. Myocarditis is a known possible side effect. Weirdly, though, deaths from this among under-45s dropped from 175 in 2020 to 158 in 2021, even though myocarditis is usually spoken of as a side effect of the vaccine among young men.
“Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases and their sequelae” soared from four digits in 2019 to 352,583 and then again up to 402,966 in 2021. But this was less backloaded than among under 45s. Why? Perhaps because older people die faster, so a higher percentage of these cases occurred in 2020 than among younger people, who were more likely to tough it out into 2021. Anyway, this remains a category deserving more research. If you want to look into it, I’d appreciate it.
Cancer deaths among the older population were extremely stable from 2018 thru 2021.
Diabetes deaths shot up 16% in 2020 and 1% in 2021.
Malnutrition deaths have been rising steadily going back to 2019.
“Major cardiovascular diseases” were up 6% in 2020 and 0% in 2021.
Cerebrovascular disease was up 7% in 2020 and 2% in 2021.
COVID deaths went from 341,890 to 393,063.
