The death rates for heart disease and cancer increased during the pandemic, the CDC said. The highest COVID-19 death rates were in the South and in an adjacent region that stretches west to Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, the CDC said. deaths last year, accounting for about 6 per cent of deaths. The virus was deemed the underlying cause of about 187,000 U.S.
The CDC cautioned that last year's numbers are preliminary and may change a little after further analysis.Ĭoronavirus-associated death rates fell for nearly all Americans. The 2022 tally was about 3.3 million - a 5 per cent decline from 2021 but still much higher than in the years before the pandemic. But 2022 saw the first drop in deaths since 2009. history, with more than 3.4 million deaths. The pandemic accelerated that trend, making 2021 the deadliest in U.S. deaths usually rise year-to-year, in part because the nation’s population has been growing.
In 20, only heart disease and cancer were ahead of the coronavirus. 4 cause, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.ĬOVID-19 deaths trailed those caused by heart disease, cancer and injuries such as drug overdoses, motor vehicle fatalities and shootings. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the nation's No.
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