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Published in final edited form as: Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 Mar;99(3):437–444. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2023.11.007

TABLE 2.

Deaths and Standardized Mortality Rates Attributed To COVID-19, Natural Causes, and Unnatural Causes By Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

Characteristic COVID-19 COVID-19 Non-COVID Causes
2020 2021 2019 2020 Mortality rate ratio (95% CI) 2020 vs 2019 P value 2021 Mortality rate ratio (95% CI) 2021 vs 2019 P value
Population Deaths Mortality rate per 100,000 person-years (95% CI) Population Deaths Mortality rate per 100,000 person-years (95% CI) Population Deaths Mortality rate per 100,000 person-years (95% CI) Population Deaths Mortality rate per 100,000 person-years (95% CI) Population Deaths Mortality rate per 100,000 person-years (95% CI)
Total 264448 177 52 (44–60) 271959 219 66 (57–75) 245414 2885 905 (871–939) 264448 3056 939 (906–973) 1.04 (0.99–1.09) 0.151 271959 2932 879 (847–912) 0.97 (0.92–1.02) 0.266
Sex
Males 126224 85 60 (47–72) 130111 116 79 (64–93) 113350 1461 1084 (1028–1140) 126224 1532 1088 (1033–1143) 1.00 (0.93–1.08) 0.920 130111 1511 1049 (996–1103) 0.97 (0.90–1.04) 0.370
Females 138224 92 47 (37–56) 141848 103 55 (44–65) 132064 1424 763 (722–804) 138224 1524 819 (776–861) 1.07 (1.00–1.15) 0.060 141848 1421 749 (709–788) 0.98 (0.90–1.06) 0.620
Age (January 1st of the year)
18–39 103202 6 6 (1–10) 106254 6 6 (1–10) 93109 81 91 (71–111) 103202 106 105 (85–125) 1.15 (0.86–1.54) 0.331 106254 124 119 (98–140) 1.30 (0.98–1.72) 0.064
40–49 38972 0 40193 5 12 (2–23) 35007 72 208 (160–256) 38972 85 219 (172–265) 1.05 (0.77–1.44) 0.752 40193 77 192 (149–235) 0.92 (0.67–1.27) 0.623
50–59 41653 5 13 (2–24) 41782 16 38 (20–57) 40244 191 479 (411–547) 41653 199 478 (412–545) 1.00 (0.82–1.22) 0.980 41782 191 457 (392–522) 0.95 (0.78–1.17) 0.646
60–69 39949 19 47 (25–69) 41660 37 88 (60–117) 37592 373 991 (890–1091) 39949 401 998 (901–1096) 1.01 (0.88–1.16) 0.912 41660 409 977 (882–1072) 0.99 (0.86–1.13) 0.848
70–79 24494 34 138 (92–185) 25699 51 195 (141–248) 23432 561 2377 (2180–2573) 24494 630 2559 (2359–2759) 1.08 (0.96–1.21) 0.203 25699 599 2319 (2134–2505) 0.98 (0.87–1.10) 0.678
80+ 16178 113 695 (566–824) 16371 104 636 (513–759) 16030 1607 9981 (9491–10471) 16178 1635 10062 (9572–10551) 1.01 (0.94–1.08) 0.819 16371 1532 9274 (8807–9740) 0.93 (0.87–1.00) 0.040
Age groups
18–64 205571 18 9 (5–13) 210807 48 23 (16–29) 188770 516 279 (254–303) 205571 581 285 (262–308) 1.02 (0.91–1.15) 0.721 210807 579 276 (254–299) 0.99 (0.88–1.12) 0.896
65+ 58877 159 270 (228–312) 61152 171 278 (236–320) 56644 2369 4171 (4003–4339) 58877 2475 4196 (4030–4362) 1.01 (0.95–1.06) 0.837 61152 2353 3833 (3678–3988) 0.92 (0.87–0.97) 0.004
Race
White 228005 160 49 (42–57) 232660 204 65 (56–74) 212305 2721 905 (870–940) 228005 2862 930 (895–965) 1.03 (0.98–1.08) 0.306 232660 2738 871 (837–904) 0.96 (0.91–1.01) 0.156
African American 10826 7 139 (30–247) 11641 4 121 (0–258) 9267 49 937 (620–1253) 10826 59 1063 (733–1392) 1.13 (0.78–1.66) 0.514 11641 59 912 (645–1179) 0.97 (0.67–1.42) 0.891
Other/Unknown 25617 10 69 (22–115) 27658 11 64 (22–106) 23842 115 753 (611–896) 25617 135 952 (777–1128) 1.26 (0.99–1.62) 0.065 27658 135 877 (713–1041) 1.16 (0.91–1.49) 0.231
Ethnicity
Hispanic 17998 3 27 (0–59) 19271 13 112 (48–176) 15229 82 966 (742–1191) 17998 85 882 (675–1088) 0.91 (0.67–1.24) 0.554 19271 90 892 (686–1099) 0.92 (0.68–1.25) 0.601
Non-Hispanic/Unknown 246450 174 52 (44–60) 252688 206 63 (55–72) 230185 2803 904 (870–939) 246450 2971 941 (906–976) 1.04 (0.99–1.10) 0.128 252688 2842 879 (846–912) 0.97 (0.92–1.02) 0.283
Residence
Urban 144677 67 40 (31–50) 149765 82 50 (39–61) 133426 1254 820 (774–866) 144677 1419 890 (843–937) 1.09 (1.01–1.17) 0.034 149765 1377 828 (784–872) 1.01 (0.94–1.09) 0.806
Rural 119752 110 62 (51–74) 122162 137 82 (68–96) 111969 1631 990 (940–1039) 119752 1637 997 (947–1047) 1.01 (0.94–1.08) 0.834 122162 1552 932 (884–980) 0.94 (0.88–1.01) 0.090
Unknown 19 0 32 19 0 19 32
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Underweight (< 18.5) 2917 2 98 (0–263) 3083 3 80 (0–181) 2657 62 2767 (1652–3882) 2917 77 2886 (1858–3913) 1.04 (0.75–1.46) 0.806 3083 87 3619 (2588–4649) 1.31 (0.94–1.81) 0.107
Normal (18.5 – 24.9) 60996 42 50 (34–66) 61159 44 61 (41–80) 58348 812 1137 (1049–1225) 60996 844 1202 (1112–1292) 1.06 (0.96–1.16) 0.260 61159 786 1117 (1030–1205) 0.98 (0.89–1.08) 0.727
Overweight (25 – 29.9) 73435 60 51 (37–65) 73887 62 50 (37–63) 69965 919 788 (733–842) 73435 979 831 (776–886) 1.05 (0.96–1.15) 0.247 73887 904 765 (712–818) 0.97 (0.89–1.06) 0.534
Obese (≥ 30) 92787 61 56 (41–70) 94910 91 76 (59–93) 86322 909 818 (763–873) 92787 973 862 (806–919) 1.05 (0.96–1.15) 0.251 94910 956 809 (755–862) 0.99 (0.90–1.08) 0.813
Number of chronic conditions
0–1 88385 6 24 (3–45) 95797 24 80 (41–119) 74824 154 572 (460–684) 88385 182 647 (525–769) 1.13 (0.91–1.40) 0.258 95797 223 651 (541–760) 1.14 (0.93–1.40) 0.217
2–3 54544 9 32 (6–57) 55873 14 35 (15–55) 52237 119 481 (378–583) 54544 126 447 (353–541) 0.93 (0.72–1.19) 0.567 55873 140 482 (389–575) 1.00 (0.79–1.28) 0.980
4–6 54559 17 35 (17–53) 54825 26 39 (24–55) 53398 282 526 (461–591) 54559 290 550 (483–617) 1.05 (0.89–1.23) 0.591 54825 279 482 (422–542) 0.92 (0.78–1.08) 0.303
7+ 66960 145 68 (50–85) 65464 155 95 (71–119) 64955 2330 1546 (1417–1674) 66960 2458 1595 (1477–1713) 1.03 (0.98–1.09) 0.278 65464 2290 1585 (1454–1716) 1.03 (0.97–1.09) 0.391