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Excess mortality in the United States in the 21st century

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NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2024850118

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mortality; age-specific death rates; international comparisons

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  1. National Institute on Aging [R01AG060115]

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Since 2000, age-specific mortality rates in the United States have sharply deteriorated compared to Europe, resulting in 400,700 excess deaths and 13.0 million years of life lost in 2017. The excess deaths and years of life lost in the United States in 2017 represent a larger annual loss of life than that associated with the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020.
We use three indexes to identify how age-specific mortality rates in the United States compare to those in a composite of five large European countries since 2000. First, we examine the ratio of age-specific death rates in the United States to those in Europe. These show a sharp deterioration in the US position since 2000. Applying European age-specific death rates in 2017 to the US population, we then show that adverse mortality conditions in the United States resulted in 400,700 excess deaths that year. Finally, we show that these excess deaths entailed a loss of 13.0 My of life. In 2017, excess deaths and years of life lost in the United States represent a larger annual loss of life than that associated with the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020.

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