COVID-related deaths in that age group account for just a minority of the excess deaths.
The total number of excess deaths, or the number of deaths above the prior three-year average, for 2020 and 2021 combined is 4,467.
COVID-related deaths in the past two years total about 1,700 for that age group.
Subtracting the 1,700 COVID deaths from the excess death total of 4,467 leaves 2,767 excess deaths for 2020 and 2021 that are not categorized by IDPH, meaning the causes of death for the excess 2,767 are not described.
"Opioid deaths, violence, etc., as a result of COVID [policies], because that's a very large increase." While COVID-19 is listed as the third leading cause of death in Illinois for all ages in 2020, the leading cause of deaths IDPH lists for those 18 to 44 is accidents, assaults, suicides and heart disease.
Causes of deaths for all of 2021 were not yet available, with the exception of opioid overdose deaths, but that data is only available for the first three quarters of the year.
Recent analysis shows COVID-19 deaths among those who are vaccinated make up 38% of the the total number of COVID deaths over the past four weeks.
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Illinois data: Deaths of people 18 to 49 soar in 2020-21; most of excess not COVID-related
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