Data for the current month (i.e., October 2021) are still being compiled as state health entities submit death certificate information to the NCHS. To date, for the week ending October 9, 2021, there have been 8,341 deaths involving COVID in the U.S. During the comparable week a year ago (i.e., the week ending October 10, 2020), there were 4,818 deaths involving COVID. This reflects an increase of some 73% for the week ending October 9, 2021.
The aforementioned increase in the number of deaths involving COVID for the month of September 2021, compared to September 2020, was a nationwide phenomenon. While the percentage increase differs from state to state, from my review of the data available on the CDC's website, the only states that did not show such an increase were North Dakota and South Dakota.
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*The CDC defines "deaths involving COVID" in these terms: "Deaths with confirmed or presumed COVID-19, coded to ICD–10 code U07.1."
Take out the “presumed”, and what would the statistics show?
For those between the ages of 0-17, there were 76 COVID deaths in September 2021, an increase of 443% compared to September 2020 (i.e., during which there were 14 such deaths).
For those between the ages of 18-29, there 643 COVID deaths in September 2021, an increase of 648% compared to September 2020 (i.e., during which there were 86 such deaths).
For those between the ages of 30-39, there were 2,189 COVID deaths in September 2021, an increase of 831% compared to September 2020 (i.e., during which there were 235 such deaths).
For those between the ages of 40-49, there were 4,936 COVID deaths in September 2021, an increase of 687% compared to September 2020 (i.e., during which there were 627 such deaths).
For those between the ages of 50-64, there were 16,183 COVID deaths in September 2021, an increase of 431% compared to September 2020 (i.e., when there were 3,048 such deaths).
For those between the ages of 65-74, there were 14,066 COVID deaths in September 2021, an increase of 223% compared to September 2020 (i.e., when there were 4,353 such deaths).
For those between the ages of 75-84, there were 11,679 COVID deaths in September 2021, an increase of 122% compared to September 2020 (i.e., when there were 5,263 such deaths).
For those 85 years or older, there were 8,293 COVID deaths in September 2021, an increase of 50% compared to September 2020 (i.e., when there were 5,512 such deaths).
[[ *The CDC defines “deaths involving COVID” in these terms: “Deaths with confirmed or presumed COVID-19, coded to ICD–10 code U07.1.” ]]
Hmm, I wonder if the cdc will change their “death involving herpes” to “deaths with confirmed or presumed herpes”?
Just because a person has something doesn’t mean they died FROM that something, or even that that something exacerbated the person’s other conditions to the point of causing death.
Correlation doesn’t t mean causation- we can’t say “Supposedly most people have herpes, and we know all
People who have herpes dies, therfore herpes kills everyone who has it”
Thanks for posting the NCHS data. I rarely see that on Free Republic.
The 8,300 fatalities for the week ending 09 October 2021 will probably settle around 12,000 - almost three times higher than the same week in 2020.
It takes the NCHS death certificate data at least four weeks to catch up with the daily estimates.
For the six weeks preceding 09 October 2021, only one week has been below 12,000 - that was Week 33 at 11,747.
Do you have a one click link to the NCHS data on the CDC website?
I can only get it as a Microsoft Excel download directly into my computer.
I think that discourages a lot of people from using it more often.