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Annual transition of the number of deaths by cause of death in the USA from 1881 to 2020. Influenza and pneumonia (green dotted line) was in 6th place in the ranking of average mortality in this period. HIV (dark blue dotted line) was in 8th place from 1992 to 1996. COVID-19 (dark green dotted line) was in 3rd place in 2020. From the data of WISQARSTM, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prepared by T. S.
