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. 2021 Dec 22;17:101012. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.101012

Table 2.

Change in age-standardized death rates (ages 25+) by cause of death and race/ethnicity, both sexes.

Total Population
Non-Hispanic White
Non-Hispanic Black
Hispanic
ASDR
Change
ASDR
Change
ASDR
Change
ASDR
Change
2019 2020 (#) (%) 2019 2020 (#) (%) 2019 2020 (#) (%) 2019 2020 (#) (%)
All Cause
1253.7
1467.2
213.4
17.0
1299.8
1468.9
169.1
13.0
1521.4
1934.8
413.3
27.2
918.2
1278.9
360.7
39.3
Covid-19 154.8 154.8 121.9 121.9 259.2 259.2 285.8 285.8
Non-Covid-19
1253.7
1312.4
58.7
4.7
1299.8
1347.0
47.2
3.6
1521.4
1675.6
154.2
10.1
918.2
993.1
74.9
8.2
Alzheimer disease 54.5 59.2 4.8 8.7 57.6 62.1 4.6 7.9 50.5 57.6 7.1 14.1 46.5 53.0 6.5 13.9
Cerebrovascular diseases 67.2 70.6 3.5 5.2 64.9 67.8 2.8 4.3 96.5 104.7 8.2 8.5 59.7 63.6 3.9 6.5
CLRD 70.5 67.2 −3.3 −4.7 80.9 76.7 −4.2 −5.2 53.4 55.8 2.5 4.7 29.5 29.1 −0.4 −1.2
Diabetes mellitus 39.2 45.0 5.7 14.6 34.7 38.4 3.7 10.8 69.9 85.3 15.4 22.0 47.3 56.8 9.5 20.2
Diseases of heart 295.0 307.5 12.5 4.2 303.8 312.0 8.2 2.7 377.7 420.3 42.6 11.3 204.4 225.6 21.2 10.4
External Causes 99.0 110.8 11.8 11.9 108.9 119.1 10.2 9.4 111.3 140.3 29.0 26.1 65.3 74.7 9.4 14.3
Influenza and pneumonia 22.1 23.5 1.4 6.3 22.4 22.9 0.5 2.0 24.7 30.8 6.1 24.9 17.8 22.0 4.1 23.1
Malignant neoplasms 268.4 265.0 −3.4 −1.3 279.0 276.5 −2.4 −0.9 319.6 312.5 −7.0 −2.2 193.3 189.2 −4.1 −2.1
Nephritis 23.1 23.2 0.0 0.2 20.8 20.5 −0.3 −1.3 46.0 48.1 2.1 4.6 21.6 21.5 −0.2 −0.9
Other respiratory diseases 19.6 19.7 0.1 0.7 20.6 20.4 −0.2 −1.1 18.5 21.7 3.2 17.4 16.7 17.2 0.5 3.1
Septicemia 17.1 17.6 0.5 3.1 16.8 17.2 0.4 2.4 28.9 30.4 1.5 5.1 12.3 13.1 0.8 6.4
Signs not elsewhere classified 13.0 13.6 0.6 4.4 13.9 14.0 0.1 1.0 15.4 18.0 2.6 16.6 6.9 7.8 1.0 14.1
All Other Causes 265.0 289.4 24.4 9.2 275.6 299.3 23.7 8.6 309.1 350.0 40.8 13.2 196.9 219.5 22.6 11.5

Note: ASDR refers to age-standardized death rate (per 100,000). CLRD refers to chronic lower respiratory diseases.