Key Takeaways
- Over 75% of US COVID-19 deaths were among adults aged 65+ per CDC data through 2022
- Males accounted for 55.5% of US COVID-19 deaths versus 44.5% females as of 2023 per CDC
- Globally, 80% of COVID-19 deaths occurred in people over 60 years old per WHO
- UK reported 232,115 COVID-19 deaths as of September 2024 per UKHSA
- Germany cumulative COVID-19 deaths reached 174,979 by late 2023 per RKI
- France recorded 168,091 COVID-19 deaths as of 2024 per Santé Publique France
- WHO estimated global excess mortality at 14.9 million for 2020-2021, primarily COVID-related
- US excess deaths totaled 1.27 million from March 2020 to May 2023 per CDC
- The Economist tracker estimated 18.2 million global excess deaths due to COVID by end-2022
- As of March 2023, the World Health Organization reported a global total of 6,917,976 confirmed COVID-19 deaths worldwide
- Johns Hopkins University dashboard indicated 6,860,498 global COVID-19 deaths as of December 2022
- Our World in Data recorded 18,456,923 excess deaths globally attributable to COVID-19 from January 2020 to December 2022
- Global case fatality rate (CFR) for COVID-19 averaged 2.1% early pandemic per WHO
- US infection fatality rate (IFR) estimated 0.6-1% overall per CDC models 2023
- Italy first wave CFR hit 14% due to overwhelmed systems per ISS
Most US and global COVID deaths involved older adults, especially those with comorbidities, with major inequities.
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