2020 Death Rates Mirror Previous Years -- No Big Increase Related To Covid-19

 By:  Leonard Lenny Vasbinder

January 27, 2021

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I've written about this many times and posted on Facebook and other social media dozens of times but here are the total numbers of U.S. deaths by age group for 2018 and 2019 just to show that 2020 wasn't much different -- and incredibly, a slightly higher percentage of the 55 and over age groups died in 2018/2019 compared to 2020, even though 92% of Covid-19 deaths are for the 55 and over age groups.

But, just like in all the previous years, the age groups from 0 - 24 were a tiny fraction (<1%) of overall deaths just as they were a tiny fraction of Covid-19 deaths (<1%).  The below chart is an algorithmic scale and not a direct scale.  That is why the age groups from 0 to 24 appear to be a much larger percentage of the 85 and over group.  The 85 and over group are 13,450 out of 100,000 deaths whereas the 15 to 24 are 70 out of 100 deaths (see bottom scale). This algorithmic scale is also why the 85 and over group with 13,450 is not more than three times longer than the next group, 75 to 84, with 4,306.

Image from -- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db395.htm

The dark blue line is 2018 but you can see that 2018 and 2019 are basically the same.

85 and over = 13,450 per 100,000

75 to 84 = 4,306 per 100,000

65 to 74 = 1,783 per 100,000

55 to 64 = 886 per 100,000

45 to 54 = 395 per 100,000

35 to 44 = 194 per 100,000

25 to 35 = 128 per 100,000

15 to 24 = 70 per 100,000

5 to 14 = 13 per 100,000

1 to 4 = 24 per 100,000

Crunching those numbers, 20,425 for 55 and over out of a total of  21,249.  For 2020, the alleged deaths attributed to Covid-19 are 92% for 55 and over.  For 2018, 92% of 21,249 = 19, 549 meaning a higher percentage of people 55 and over died in 2018 than in 2020.  Of course, we do not have final numbers for 2020 so the comparison is based on preliminary data for 2020.

This next CDC chart shows that Flu Deaths are dramatically decreased for 2020.  Why?  Well, some experts will conclude that many of the alleged Covid-19 deaths were actually flu deaths miscategorized or re-categorized?  For 2020, all deaths involving influenza totaled only 8,906 compared to 22,000 to 61,000 flu deaths a year for the previous 10 years.  Some experts conclude that the flu deaths went down due to people wearing masks.  Other experts conclude that because the tests for Covid-19 were as high as 50% wrong, many flu deaths were simply listed as Covid-19 deaths.

Image from -- https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm