Table 1.
Estimated number of preventable COVID-19-associated deaths among unvaccinated adults (aged ≥ 18 years), May 30, 2021–September 3, 2022
| 30 jurisdictionsa | US | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of individuals aged ≥ 18 years (mean) | 159,862,404b | 233,656,270c |
| Estimated number of preventable COVID-19-associated deaths among unvaccinated adults (aged ≥ 18 years), May 30, 2021–September 3, 2022 |
158,000d (146,000–170,000) |
232,000e (214,000–250,000) |
| The period of May 30–December 4, 2021 |
97,600 (91,000–104,000) |
144,000 (134,000–154,000) |
| The period of December 5, 2021–April 30, 2022 |
52,300 (48,500–56,200) |
76,300 (70,700–81,900) |
| The period of May 1–September 3, 2022 |
7,850 (6,150–9,540) |
11,400 (8,910–13,800) |
| Age distribution of preventable deaths (%), in years | ||
| 18–29 | 1.38 | 1.37 |
| 30–49 | 11.9 | 11.8 |
| 50–64 | 27.3 | 27.7 |
| 65–79 | 36.5 | 36.1 |
| 80+ | 22.9 | 23.0 |
aThe 30 jurisdictions included: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and West Virginia
bPartially vaccinated individuals were excluded from the data set for the 30 jurisdictions; only those vaccinated with at least a primary series and unvaccinated individuals counted toward the total for each week, and this table reports the mean across the study period
cFrom the US 2019 population estimates by single year of age after excluding persons partially vaccinated
dCOVID-19-associated death outcome was defined as a death that occurred within 30 days of a laboratory-confirmed positive test and/or was caused by COVID-19
eThis estimate was extrapolated based on the United States 2019 population estimates for persons aged ≥ 18 years, under the assumption that the rest of the country had the same proportion of unvaccinated persons as the 30 participating jurisdictions after excluding persons partially vaccinated (proportion partially vaccinated was also assumed to be the same between the 30 jurisdictions and the rest of the country) (Appendix I)