Table 1.
Estimated Number of Excess Deaths During March–December 2020 by Age Group and Cause, US Males
| Cause of Death | Total | Age, years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <15 | 15–24 | 25–44 | 45–64 | 65–74 | ≥75 | ||
| All causes | 252,199 | –446 | 4,495 | 21,300 | 64,862 | 54,284 | 107,703 |
| COVID-19 (underlying cause) | 192,928 | 62 | 309 | 5,552 | 38,555 | 47,137 | 101,313 |
| All causes excluding COVID-19a | 59,271 | –508 | 4,186 | 15,748 | 26,307 | 7,147 | 6,390 |
| Modeled separately by underlying cause | |||||||
| Influenza and pneumonia | 2,441 | b | b | 64c | 682 | 1,100 | 595 |
| Other respiratory disease | –1,150 | b | b | 228 | 591 | –300 | –1,669 |
| Heart disease | 15,943 | b | 0 | 1,589 | 7,122 | 2,534 | 4,698 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 2,881 | b | b | 187 | 1,121 | 615 | 958 |
| Cancer | 266 | –24 | 9 | 41 | 672 | 73 | –506 |
| Alzheimer disease | 2,046 | b | b | b | 24d | 247 | 1,775 |
| Diabetes | 7,292 | b | b | 535 | 2,183 | 1,947 | 2,626 |
| External causes | 17,341 | 189 | 3,764 | 8,959 | 4,869 | 76 | –515 |
a Derived by subtracting the reported number of COVID-19 deaths (as the underlying cause) from the estimated number of excess deaths from all causes.
b These ages were excluded from the model because mortality rates from this cause are extremely low.
c The model was restricted to age ≥35 years or older, because mortality rates from this cause are exceptionally low below age 35 years.
d The model was restricted to age ≥55 years, because there are very few deaths due to Alzheimer disease at age <55 years.