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RunningLogic's avatar

An increase in the number of deaths in those age brackets would be understandable, not so much the healthy 30-60 year olds that seem to have been disproportionately affected lately.

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Donna in MO's avatar

Right, without getting too much in the weeds, I went back to those tables from my project, and there was a marked increase in people per 100K who were still alive in their 80's and 90's compared to a decade ago. But the number who survived to age X has declined from age 25 to age 65. For instance, in 2019, 360 fewer people per 100K were still alive at age 44-45 compared to 2009. (that year was the biggest decline) So 20-60 year olds were already dying at a higher rate from 2009-2019. And holy crap, my curiosity got the better of my so I found and downloaded the 2020 data (the most recent available) - AND THE NUMBER HAS DECLINED for every age over 25 using 2009 as the benchmark year. For instance, in 2009, 95,936 of 100K people were still alive age 44-45. In 2020, only 94,765 out of 100K made it to age 44-45. 1171 fewer people. Huge drop in the number at the older ages. Lower life expectancy at every age.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Wow that’s crazy. Very interesting. I would really like to know for the last two years though 😕

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Donna in MO's avatar

Well 2020's numbers came out in Sept 2022, so perhaps 2021 will be out around Sept 2023 then?

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