Skip to main content
. 2021 Sep 20;118(39):e2101386118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2101386118

Table 2.

Excess death and life year lost by gender/sex and race/ethnicity through week 52 of 2020

Excess deaths Life years lost from excess mortality (in millions)
Group Percentage of population All Excess deaths From COVID-19 Not COVID-19–related Percentage excess deaths from COVID-19 All From COVID-19 Not COVID-19–related Percentage life years lost from COVID-19
All 100.0% 3,194,767 395,005 342,656 52,349 86.7% 6.03 4.32 1.71 71.6%
Females 50.7% 1,525,906 174,368 157,450 16,918 90.3% 2.31 1.87 0.44 81.0%
Males 49.3% 1,668,861 220,637 185,206 35,431 83.9% 3.71 2.44 1.27 65.8%
White 65.9% 2,451,950 234,111 218,558 15,553 93.4% 2.93 2.22 0.71 75.8%
Black/Hispanic 34.1% 742,817 160,894 124,098 36,796 77.1% 3.09 2.09 1.00 67.7%
Non-Hispanic White females 33.4% 1,189,712 108,807 105,064 3,743 96.6% 1.19 1.02 0.17 85.9%
Non-Hispanic White males 32.5% 1,262,238 125,304 113,494 11,810 90.6% 1.75 1.20 0.54 68.9%
Non-Hispanic Black females 7.5% 207,476 36,658 27,602 9,056 75.3% 0.61 0.41 0.19 68.1%
Non-Hispanic Black males 6.9% 233,008 45,449 30,583 14,866 67.3% 0.87 0.45 0.42 51.2%
Hispanic females 9.8% 128,718 28,903 24,784 4,119 85.7% 0.52 0.44 0.08 84.7%
Hispanic males 10.0% 173,615 49,884 41,129 8,755 82.4% 1.10 0.79 0.30 72.4%