Excess deaths, Covid ANALYSIS
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COVID deaths data
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US deaths and excess deaths, quarterly
Years QuarterTotal DeathsCOVID DeathsExcess deaths compared to 2019 baseline% excess compared to 2019 baseline
2018Qtr1772,547
Qtr2682,039
Qtr3668,061
 Qtr4716,558
2019Qtr1745,399
Qtr2697,569
Qtr3679,206
 Qtr4732,664
2020Qtr1777,7326,76632,3334.2%
Qtr2852,024112,777154,45518.1%
Qtr3811,87271,920132,66616.3%
 Qtr4942,101159,365209,43722.2%
2021Qtr1925,458158,589180,05919.5%
Qtr2758,99235,18561,4238.1%
Qtr3872,419114,134193,21322.1%
 Qtr4907,362108,985174,69819.3%
2022Qtr1927,785124,379182,38619.7%
Qtr2748,52114,69150,9526.8%
Qtr3769,92425,29590,71811.8%
 Qtr4833,29822,182100,63412.1%
2023Qtr1805,48520,60660,0867.5%
Qtr2743,3846,80045,8156.2%
Qtr3731,8368,23752,6307.2%
TOTAL Q1-Q3 2023158,531
US and COVID deaths trends, monthlyExcess deaths compared to baseline 2019
Year-over-year changeCompare against baseline of 2019
MonthTotal deathsCOVID DeathsTotal deathsCOVID DeathsTotal deathsCOVID as % of total deaths
Jan-2018286,74411%
Feb-2018236,9982%
Mar-2018248,805-2%
Apr-2018233,164-1%
May-2018228,772-3%
Jun-2018220,103-2%
Jul-2018225,111-2%
Aug-2018224,254-1%
Sep-2018218,696-2%
Oct-2018233,903-2%
Nov-2018233,375-2%
Dec-2018249,280-3%
Jan-2019257,649-10%0%
Feb-2019232,821-2%0%
Mar-2019254,9292%0%
Apr-2019235,2541%0%
May-2019236,8934%0%
Jun-2019225,4222%0%
Jul-2019229,2112%0%
Aug-2019227,2801%0%
Sep-2019222,7152%0%
Oct-2019237,6612%0%
Nov-2019239,0282%0%
Dec-2019255,9753%0%
Jan-2020264,0622%2%
Feb-2020244,431165%5%0%
Mar-2020269,2396,7506%6%3%
Apr-2020321,87961,82437%37%19%
May-2020280,15235,18618%18%13%
Jun-2020249,99315,76711%11%6%
Jul-2020278,40928,17421%21%10%
Aug-2020276,73126,94022%22%10%
Sep-2020256,73216,80615%15%7%
Oct-2020273,44322,03015%15%8%
Nov-2020302,09047,93826%26%16%
Dec-2020366,56889,39743%43%24%
Jan-2021372,91696,23541%45%26%
Feb-2021282,01542,76115%21%15%
Mar-2021270,52719,5930%190%6%7%
Apr-2021256,52315,967-20%-74%9%6%
May-2021257,79812,690-8%-64%9%5%
Jun-2021244,6716,528-2%-59%9%3%
Jul-2021257,3289,698-8%-66%12%4%
Aug-2021303,26145,35210%68%33%15%
Sep-2021311,83059,08421%252%40%19%
Oct-2021299,59138,68110%76%26%13%
Nov-2021288,48328,950-5%-40%21%10%
Dec-2021319,28841,354-13%-54%25%13%
Jan-2022369,35872,460-1%-25%43%20%
Feb-2022290,24540,9513%-4%25%14%
Mar-2022268,18210,968-1%-44%5%4%
Apr-2022246,0743,661-4%-77%5%1%
May-2022254,3784,809-1%-62%7%2%
Jun-2022248,0696,2211%-5%10%3%
Jul-2022260,1198,9221%-8%13%3%
Aug-2022258,9249,337-15%-79%14%4%
Sep-2022250,8817,036-20%-88%13%3%
Oct-2022264,9456,076-12%-84%11%2%
Nov-2022267,9916,371-7%-78%12%2%
Dec-2022300,3629,735-6%-76%17%3%
Jan-2023288,57110,001-22%-86%12%3%
Feb-2023248,4365,798-14%-86%7%2%
Mar-2023268,4784,8070%-56%5%2%
Apr-2023251,4993,1682%-13%7%1%
May-2023251,6692,098-1%-56%6%1%
Jun-2023240,2161,534-3%-75%7%1%
Jul-2023245,4751,447-6%-84%7%1%
Aug-2023247,1502,698-5%-71%9%1%
Sep-2023239,2114,092-5%-42%7%2%
Source of data: http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/mcd-provisional.html