Why Are Non-COVID-19 Deaths Spiking Among Prime-Age Americans?

The differences between age groups become more apparent when deaths involving COVID-19 are highlighted.

Homicide deaths increased by nearly 30 percent from 2019 to 2020 in the 18 to 64 age group, accounting for nearly 4,000 excess deaths.

With COVID-19 deaths being excluded and assuming drug overdoses, alcohol, and homicide deaths continued in 2021 at a similar intensity as 2019, there were still about 50,000 excess deaths in the 18-64 age group.

The CDC and some experts say that the excess deaths could be misclassified COVID-19 deaths, as well as deaths due to lack of care because of hospitals being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

It's not clear how often that applies to younger people who are generally healthier and among whom COVID-19 deaths are rarer and may stand out more.

The CDC's COVID-19 mortality data that covers 2021 attributes to the virus all deaths where COVID-19 was marked on the death certificate, regardless of whether it was listed as the underlying cause or as a contributing factor.

In the second half of 2020, the last period with available death certificate data on this point, nearly 90 percent of deaths involving COVID-19 had the disease listed as the underlying cause of death rather than as a contributing factor.
 

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