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Written by Steven HansenThe U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 17.8 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago and U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 2.4 % LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Todays posts include:

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Covid Deaths Plummet as Excess Mortality Falls to Pre-Covid Levels Posted on In any given year during the past decade in the United States, more than 2.5 million Americans have died—from all causes. The number has grown in recent years, climbing from 2.59 million in 2013 to 2.85 million in 2019. This has been due partially to the US’s aging population, and also due to rising obesity levels and drug overdoses. In fact, since 2010, growth rates in total deaths has exceeded population growth ...

Excess Mortality in The US Has Plummeted to Pre-Covid Levels In any given year during the past decade in the United States, more than 2.5 million Americans have died—from all causes. The number has grown in recent years, climbing from 2.59 million in 2013 to 2.85 million in 2019. This has been due partially to the US’s aging population, and also due to rising obesity levels and drug overdoses. In fact, since 2010, growth rates in total deaths has exceeded population growth in every year. In...

Excess Mortality in The US Has Plummeted to Pre-Covid Levels By mid March, total excess mortality was back within one percent of 2019 levels In other words, the number of deaths in the US is collapsing back to where it was before the official start of the pandemic Image Credit: Email In any given year during the past decade in the United States, more than 2.5 million Americans have died—from all causes. The number has grown in recent years, climbing from 2.59 million in 2013 to 2.85 million ...

Share This The FINANCIAL -- Comparing death rates in the United States with those of the five biggest European countries, Penn and Max Planck demographers found that significant excess mortality cost more lives annually than the epidemic itself. By the year 2017, the United States was already suffering more excess deaths and more life years lost each year than those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to research from demographers Samuel Preston of the University of Penns...

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Mortality and fluctuations in macroeconomic activity in New Zealand Open Access PDF Download A substantial amount of international research has documented a statistical relationship between mortality and economic activity at the aggregate level. In many countries, mortality appears to be procyclical, meaning that it tends to increase (relative to long-run trends) during economic expansions.1–8 Procyclical mortality appears concentrated among the elderly and in urban areas.2,3 However, not al...

In the U.S., COVID-19 wasn’t sole cause of excess deaths in 2020 Comparing death rates in the United States with those of the five biggest European countries, Penn and Max Planck demographers found that significant excess mortality cost more lives annually than the epidemic itself. By the year 2017, the United States was already suffering more excess deaths and more life years lost each year than those associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to rese...