Where are you getting those numbers?
2019 - ages 25 - 44:
- represent ~320 deaths per 100k. [0]
- represent 85M pop. [1]
=> That's ~272k deaths per year in that age band.
You can check my math.
[0] (page 3) https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db395-H.pdf
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/241488/population-of-the...
Further, this chart shows covid deaths as a proportion of all cause mortality. [2]
For ages under 50, covid accounts for 1-5% of all deaths.
For ages over 50, covid accounts for 10-15% of all deaths.
[2] (caveat, this is a snapshot of Feb 17 2021 data) https://datavisualizations.heritage.org/public-health/covid-...
In no age band do we see a 45% increase in deaths due to covid.
Where are you getting those numbers?
2019 - ages 25 - 44:
- represent ~320 deaths per 100k. [0]
- represent 85M pop. [1]
=> That's ~272k deaths per year in that age band.
You can check my math.
[0] (page 3) https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db395-H.pdf
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/241488/population-of-the...
Further, this chart shows covid deaths as a proportion of all cause mortality. [2]
For ages under 50, covid accounts for 1-5% of all deaths.
For ages over 50, covid accounts for 10-15% of all deaths.
[2] (caveat, this is a snapshot of Feb 17 2021 data) https://datavisualizations.heritage.org/public-health/covid-...
In no age band do we see a 45% increase in deaths due to covid.