Table 1.
Pooled USA and European excess mortality rates (excess deaths per 100,000 person years) and rate differences, by time period and age group.
| 2020 and 2021 2020-W01 to 2021-W52 |
2020-W01 to 2020-W39 | 2020-W40 to 2021-W26 | 2021-W27 to 2021-W52 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | USA1 | Europe2 | Rate Difference | USA1 | Europe2 | Rate Difference | USA1 | Europe2 | Rate Difference | USA1 | Europe2 | Rate Difference |
| Excess all-cause deaths per 100,000 person years (95% uncertainty interval) | ||||||||||||
| 0–14 years | 0.5 (0.4; 0.6) | 0.3 (0.2; 0.3) | 0.3 (− 0 .1; 0.7) | − 0.1 (− 0.2; 0.0) | 0.2 (0.1; 0.3) | − 0.3 (− 0.9; 0.3) | − 0.1 (− 0.2; 0.0) | − 1.1 (− 1.3; − 0.9) | 1.1 (0.4; 1.7) | 2.4 (2.1; 2.8) | 2.5 (2.2; 2.8) | 0.0 (− 0.8; 0.7) |
| 15–44 years | 45.0 (44.6; 45.4) | 3.6 (3.5; 3.7) | 41.4 (40.9; 41.8) | 30.7 (30.2; 31.3) | 2.4 (2.2; 2.6) | 28.3 (27.7; 29.0) | 43.9 (43.3; 44.5) | 2.7 (2.5; 2.9) | 41.2 (40.6; 41.9) | 67.9 (67.0; 68.8) | 6.8 (6.5; 7.2) | 61.1 (60.2; 62.0) |
| 45–64 years | 171.2 (170.3; 172.2) | 40.3 (39.8; 40.9) | 130.9 (129.7; 132.1) | 113.5 (112.2; 114.9) | 23.7 (23.0; 24.4) | 89.8 (87.8; 91.8) | 170.2 (168.7; 171.8) | 50.2 (49.3; 51.1) | 120.0 (118.0; 122.0) | 259.5 (257.2; 261.7) | 50.1 (49.0; 51.2) | 209.4 (206.9; 211.9) |
| ≥ 65 years | 607.0 (604.2; 609.8) | 452.1 (447.9; 456.2) | 154.9 (148.2; 161.6) | 495.5 (491.4; 499.7) | 378.0 (371.7; 384.3) | 117.6 (106.7; 128.4) | 675.1 (670.4; 679.9) | 538.1 (531.0; 545.4) | 137.0 (125.9; 148.1) | 668.4 (662.6; 674.3) | 429.8 (421.7; 437.9) | 238.7 (225.3; 252.0) |
| 65–74 years | 381.9 (379.5; 384.3) | 166.6 (164.8; 168.3) | 215.4 (211.8; 219.0) | 258.5 (255.2; 261.8) | 101.9 (99.5; 104.4) | 156.5 (150.8; 162.3) | 419.9 (415.9; 424.0) | 219.8 (216.6; 222.9) | 200.1 (194.2; 206.1) | 507.5 (502.2; 512.9) | 180.2 (176.6; 183.8) | 327.4 (320.1; 334.6) |
| 75–84 years | 672.2 (667.4; 677.0) | 455.9 (451.1; 460.6) | 216.3 (207.5; 225.2) | 522.4 (515.4; 529.5) | 351.8 (344.8; 358.9) | 170.6 (156.5; 184.8) | 761.2 (753.0; 769.4) | 574.3 (565.9; 582.8) | 186.8 (172.2; 201.5) | 758.8 (748.7; 769.0) | 429.5 (420.2; 438.8) | 329.3 (311.5; 347.1) |
| ≥ 85 years | 1522.3 (1509.6; 1535.1) | 1450.3 (1433.7; 1466.9) | 72.0 (42.8; 101.3) | 1568.2 (1547.7; 1588.9) | 1428.3 (1401.4; 1455.4) | 139.9 (92.5; 187.3) | 1688.6 (1666.9; 1710.4) | 1573.1 (1545.1; 1601.2) | 115.5 (66.9; 164.1) | 1197.7 (1174.0; 1221.6) | 1296.1 (1264.4; 1328.0) | − 98.4 (− 156.3; − 40.5) |
| All ages | 164.7 (164.1; 165.3) | 105.4 (104.5; 106.3) | 59.3 (57.8; 60.7) | 124.9 (124.1; 125.8) | 84.5 (83.2; 85.9) | 40.4 (38.1; 42.7) | 176.0 (175.0; 177.0) | 125.7 (124.1; 127.3) | 50.3 (47.9; 52.7) | 207.0 (205.7; 208.3) | 105.6 (103.7; 107.4) | 101.4 (98.5; 104.3) |
| All ages, age standardized3 | 154.5 (154.2; 154.9) | 110.4 (109.9; 111.0) | 44.1 (43.2; 45.0) | 117.3 (116.8; 117.9) | 88.6 (87.7; 89.5) | 28.7 (27.2; 30.2) | 159.2 (158.6; 159.7) | 107.7 (106.9; 108.6) | 51.5 (50.2; 52.8) | 194.2 (193.4; 195.0) | 110.7 (109.6; 111.9) | 83.4 (81.6; 85.3) |
1Fifty states and the District of Columbia.
2Twenty-five European countries or subnational areas in the EuroMOMO network.
3According to the joint USA and Europe age distribution.