Research Letter: All-Cause Excess Mortality and COVID-19 - Related Mortality Among US Adults Aged 25-44 Years, March-July 2020

URL

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2774445

Authors

Jeremy Samuel Faust, Harlan M. Krumholz, Chengan Du, Katherine Dickerson Mayes, Zhenqiu Lin, Cleavon Gilman, and Rochelle P. Walensky

Published Date

December 16, 2020

Publication

JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)

Organization

Yale School of Medicine

Description

In this study of all-cause excess mortality among US adults aged 25 to 44 years from March through July 2020, the Director of the CDC and her co-authors found that 38% of the observed excess deaths were "directly attributable" to COVID-19, and they suggested that COVID-19–related mortality may have been "underdetected in this population."

Format

document

Topics

all cause mortality,COVID-19,deaths,excess mortality,health statistics,vaccines