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Top Causes of Death, US, 2018-2021

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Top Causes of Death, US, 2018-2021

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Mary Pat Campbell
Jan 25, 2023
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While I can easily go on for hours on mortality trends, let me get straight to the point in the table and video below (only 12 and a half minutes long).

Top Causes of Death in the United States, 2018-2021

Video Presentation

And here is a video: [12.5 minutes]

Timestamps

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 00:49 2018-2019

  • 02:19 Old people

  • 03:40 2017-2018 flu season

  • 05:39 Suicide

  • 06:19 Pandemic era

  • 07:02 COVID

  • 07:17 Heart disease increased

  • 07:40 Cancer stayed the same

  • 08:02 What counts as a COVID death?

  • 09:07 Accidents went up

  • 09:26 Stroke - up then stayed

  • 09:34 Chronic lower respiratory disease - down a lot

  • 09:50 Alzheimers - up and down

  • 10:12 Diabetes - increased

  • 10:29 Thinking like an actuary

  • 11:24 Ranking is bumpy

Spreadsheet

The table and the original data draws from CDC WONDER on which the table is based are in the spreadsheet below.

Top Causes Of Death 2018 2021 By Count
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