By Steve Sailer
07/10/2023
Looking at the CDC multiple cause of death data for people under age 45, it’s clear that 2022 was the best year so far in this lousy decade. After deaths of younger Americans shot up 22% in 2020 over 2019 and 12% in 2021, total deaths (all causes) dropped approaching 9% in 2022:
| age 0 to 44 | 2018 | 199,034 | 190,831,906 | 104.3 | |
| 2019 | 201,373 | 190,857,821 | 105.5 | 1.2% | |
| 2020 | 245,956 | 191,054,948 | 128.7 | 22.1% | |
| 2021 | 274,481 | 192,554,292 | 142.5 | 11.6% | |
| 2022 | 251,007 | 192,554,292 | 130.4 | -8.6% |
Total deaths among younger Americans are still up almost one-fourth versus the Good Old Days of 2019, but reductions in deaths since 2021 were broadly distributed across many different causes.
COVID deaths were down by two-thirds. The mysterious “Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases and their sequelae” (which I suspect is often people dropping dead due to COVID reducing their ability to fight their long-term chronic diseases like diabetes) was down 57%.
After nearly doubling from 2019 to 2021, diabetes deaths dropped 20% from 2021 to 2022. Major Cardiovascular Diseases, after shooting upwards in 2020 and 2021 were down 11% in 2022. Pneumonia dropped 55%
Alcoholic liver disease deaths in younger Americans had soared 50% in 2020 and 16% in 2021, but fell 6% in 2022. That’s not nearly enough, but at least it didn’t get worse.
Kidney -elated deaths declined 12% after huge increases in 2020 and 2021.
Even drug overdoses (“accidental poisonings"), which had seemed like an unstoppable juggernaut of death since fentanyl emerged in the mid 2010s, were down 3% in 2022.
| MCD — ICD-10 113 Cause List | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Chg 2019 | Chg 2020 | Chg 2021 | Chg 2022 |
| Salmonella infections (A01-A02) | <10 | <10 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 80% | 6% | ||
| Shigellosis and amebiasis (A03,A06) | 0 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | ||||
| Certain other intestinal infections (A04,A07-A09) | 607 | 591 | 574 | 670 | 605 | -3% | -3% | 17% | -10% |
| Tuberculosis (A16-A19) | 80 | 74 | 96 | 98 | 103 | -8% | 30% | 2% | 5% |
| Respiratory tuberculosis (A16) | 53 | 47 | 73 | 68 | 72 | -11% | 55% | -7% | 6% |
| Other tuberculosis (A17-A19) | 27 | 28 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 4% | -11% | 20% | 3% |
| Whooping cough (A37) | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | ||||
| Scarlet fever and erysipelas (A38,A46) | 0 | 0 | 0 | <10 | <10 | ||||
| Meningococcal infection (A39) | 15 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 7% | 38% | -45% | 50% |
| Septicemia (A40-A41) | 8336 | 8389 | 10645 | 13139 | 11027 | 1% | 27% | 23% | -16% |
| Syphilis (A50-A53) | 19 | 35 | 30 | 41 | 76 | 84% | -14% | 37% | 85% |
| Acute poliomyelitis (A80) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis (A83-A84,A85.2) | 0 | <10 | 0 | <10 | 0 | ||||
| Measles (B05) | 0 | <10 | 0 | 0 | <10 | ||||
| Viral hepatitis (B15-B19) | 878 | 831 | 956 | 959 | 860 | -5% | 15% | 0% | -10% |
| Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) | 1479 | 1437 | 1614 | 1633 | 1678 | -3% | 12% | 1% | 3% |
| Malaria (B50-B54) | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | ||||
| Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases and their sequelae (A00,A05,A20-A36,A42-A44,A48-A49,A54-A79,A81-A82,A85.0-A85.1,A85.8,A86-B04,B06-B09,B25-B49,B55-B99,U07.1,U09.9) | 2832 | 3086 | 13751 | 30233 | 12997 | 9% | 346% | 120% | -57% |
| Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) | 17719 | 17693 | 18195 | 18542 | 18674 | 0% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
| Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) | 286 | 279 | 283 | 321 | 321 | -2% | 1% | 13% | 0% |
| Malignant neoplasm of esophagus (C15) | 270 | 300 | 266 | 289 | 281 | 11% | -11% | 9% | -3% |
| Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16) | 600 | 601 | 631 | 592 | 639 | 0% | 5% | -6% | 8% |
| Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectum and anus (C18-C21) | 1926 | 1860 | 2111 | 2184 | 2150 | -3% | 13% | 3% | -2% |
| Malignant neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) | 533 | 542 | 558 | 576 | 602 | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% |
| Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) | 533 | 569 | 559 | 595 | 613 | 7% | -2% | 6% | 3% |
| Malignant neoplasm of larynx (C32) | 27 | 27 | 42 | 32 | 35 | 0% | 56% | -24% | 9% |
| Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung (C33-C34) | 973 | 953 | 982 | 987 | 985 | -2% | 3% | 1% | 0% |
| Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 475 | 454 | 470 | 415 | 435 | -4% | 4% | -12% | 5% |
| Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) | 2319 | 2472 | 2327 | 2412 | 2390 | 7% | -6% | 4% | -1% |
| Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) | 779 | 776 | 862 | 944 | 784 | 0% | 11% | 10% | -17% |
| Malignant neoplasms of corpus uteri and uterus, part unspecified (C54-C55) | 245 | 268 | 261 | 324 | 279 | 9% | -3% | 24% | -14% |
| Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) | 425 | 424 | 445 | 456 | 473 | 0% | 5% | 2% | 4% |
| Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) | 28 | 31 | 38 | 26 | 30 | 11% | 23% | -32% | 15% |
| Malignant neoplasms of kidney and renal pelvis (C64-C65) | 389 | 347 | 386 | 369 | 367 | -11% | 11% | -4% | -1% |
| Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) | 85 | 106 | 92 | 99 | 132 | 25% | -13% | 8% | 33% |
| Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain and other parts of central nervous system (C70-C72) | 2001 | 1911 | 2026 | 1971 | 1986 | -4% | 6% | -3% | 1% |
| Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96) | 2620 | 2626 | 2596 | 2639 | 2711 | 0% | -1% | 2% | 3% |
| Hodgkin disease (C81) | 159 | 156 | 162 | 174 | 154 | -2% | 4% | 7% | -11% |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (C82-C85) | 700 | 716 | 676 | 723 | 704 | 2% | -6% | 7% | -3% |
| Leukemia (C91-C95) | 1690 | 1666 | 1677 | 1643 | 1759 | -1% | 1% | -2% | 7% |
| Multiple myeloma and immunoproliferative neoplasms (C88,C90) | 92 | 115 | 100 | 117 | 113 | 25% | -13% | 17% | -3% |
| Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, hematopoietic and related tissue (C96) | <10 | <10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | -17% | 10% | ||
| All other and unspecified malignant neoplasms (C17,C23-C24,C26-C31,C37-C41,C44-C49,C51-C52,C57-C60,C62-C63,C66,C68-C69,C73-C80,C97) | 5429 | 5513 | 5847 | 5990 | 6185 | 2% | 6% | 2% | 3% |
| In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behavior (D00-D48) | 796 | 827 | 882 | 876 | 922 | 4% | 7% | -1% | 5% |
| Anemias (D50-D64) | 1978 | 2104 | 2645 | 3136 | 2829 | 6% | 26% | 19% | -10% |
| Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) | 6760 | 6746 | 10602 | 12199 | 9749 | 0% | 57% | 15% | -20% |
| Nutritional deficiencies (E40-E64) | 866 | 943 | 1159 | 1321 | 1433 | 9% | 23% | 14% | 8% |
| Malnutrition (E40-E46) | 832 | 903 | 1107 | 1252 | 1345 | 9% | 23% | 13% | 7% |
| Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64) | 38 | 40 | 54 | 72 | 91 | 5% | 35% | 33% | 26% |
| Meningitis (G00,G03) | 349 | 291 | 319 | 324 | 365 | -17% | 10% | 2% | 13% |
| Parkinson disease (G20-G21) | 37 | 27 | 27 | 38 | 34 | -27% | 0% | 41% | -11% |
| Alzheimer disease (G30) | 15 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 0% | 47% | 14% | -32% |
| Major cardiovascular diseases (I00-I78) | 42476 | 43239 | 54030 | 60874 | 54007 | 2% | 25% | 13% | -11% |
| Diseases of heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) | 36950 | 37474 | 46623 | 52224 | 46589 | 1% | 24% | 12% | -11% |
| Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart diseases (I00-I09) | 305 | 305 | 398 | 420 | 380 | 0% | 30% | 6% | -10% |
| Hypertensive heart disease (I11) | 5682 | 5985 | 7399 | 7987 | 7713 | 5% | 24% | 8% | -3% |
| Hypertensive heart and renal disease (I13) | 257 | 262 | 306 | 392 | 392 | 2% | 17% | 28% | 0% |
| Ischemic heart diseases (I20-I25) | 8442 | 8585 | 10227 | 10971 | 10109 | 2% | 19% | 7% | -8% |
| Acute myocardial infarction (I21-I22) | 3018 | 2985 | 3625 | 3898 | 3433 | -1% | 21% | 8% | -12% |
| Other acute ischemic heart diseases (I24) | 173 | 202 | 227 | 295 | 261 | 17% | 12% | 30% | -12% |
| Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease (I20,I25) | 6234 | 6393 | 7498 | 7939 | 7453 | 3% | 17% | 6% | -6% |
| Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (I25.0) | 2981 | 3139 | 3726 | 4041 | 4026 | 5% | 19% | 8% | 0% |
| All other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease (I20,I25.1-I25.9) | 3325 | 3342 | 3872 | 3981 | 3540 | 1% | 16% | 3% | -11% |
| Other heart diseases (I26-I51) | 27666 | 27950 | 34836 | 39681 | 34738 | 1% | 25% | 14% | -12% |
| Acute and subacute endocarditis (I33) | 907 | 828 | 919 | 935 | 792 | -9% | 11% | 2% | -15% |
| Diseases of pericardium and acute myocarditis (I30-I31,I40) | 644 | 686 | 792 | 847 | 780 | 7% | 15% | 7% | -8% |
| Heart failure (I50) | 3902 | 4022 | 5097 | 5590 | 5502 | 3% | 27% | 10% | -2% |
| All other forms of heart disease (I26-I28,I34-I38,I42-I49,I51) | 24558 | 24835 | 30913 | 35407 | 30723 | 1% | 24% | 15% | -13% |
| Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (I10,I12,I15) | 5042 | 5248 | 7664 | 9013 | 7505 | 4% | 46% | 18% | -17% |
| Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) | 5201 | 5393 | 6111 | 6798 | 6476 | 4% | 13% | 11% | -5% |
| Atherosclerosis (I70) | 244 | 228 | 270 | 256 | 235 | -7% | 18% | -5% | -8% |
| Other diseases of circulatory system (I71-I78) | 1311 | 1413 | 1528 | 1645 | 1646 | 8% | 8% | 8% | 0% |
| Aortic aneurysm and dissection (I71) | 633 | 705 | 701 | 728 | 713 | 11% | -1% | 4% | -2% |
| Other diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I72-I78) | 697 | 726 | 853 | 933 | 957 | 4% | 17% | 9% | 3% |
| Other disorders of circulatory system (I80-I99) | 2588 | 2761 | 3408 | 3930 | 3720 | 7% | 23% | 15% | -5% |
| Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) | 5913 | 5976 | 11068 | 19901 | 9650 | 1% | 85% | 80% | -52% |
| Influenza (J09-J11) | 732 | 701 | 856 | 86 | 746 | -4% | 22% | -90% | 767% |
| Pneumonia (J12-J18) | 5229 | 5323 | 10265 | 19824 | 8966 | 2% | 93% | 93% | -55% |
| Other acute lower respiratory infections (J20-J22,U04) | 182 | 215 | 136 | 151 | 181 | 18% | -37% | 11% | 20% |
| Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis (J20-J21) | 157 | 184 | 102 | 123 | 152 | 17% | -45% | 21% | 24% |
| Other and unspecified acute lower respiratory infections (J22,U04) | 25 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 29 | 24% | 10% | -18% | 4% |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) | 2967 | 3095 | 4274 | 4337 | 3768 | 4% | 38% | 1% | -13% |
| Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified (J40-J42) | 116 | 121 | 112 | 115 | 103 | 4% | -7% | 3% | -10% |
| Emphysema (J43) | 199 | 214 | 252 | 236 | 231 | 8% | 18% | -6% | -2% |
| Asthma (J45-J46) | 1602 | 1772 | 2570 | 2675 | 2240 | 11% | 45% | 4% | -16% |
| Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (J44,J47) | 1128 | 1053 | 1420 | 1387 | 1268 | -7% | 35% | -2% | -9% |
| Pneumoconioses and chemical effects (J60-J66,J68,U07.0) | <10 | 45 | 46 | 54 | 45 | 2% | 17% | -17% | |
| Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids (J69) | 1281 | 1351 | 1635 | 1864 | 1940 | 5% | 21% | 14% | 4% |
| Other diseases of respiratory system (J00-J06,J30- J39,J67,J70-J98) | 13847 | 14141 | 20256 | 29585 | 19316 | 2% | 43% | 46% | -35% |
| Peptic ulcer (K25-K28) | 237 | 209 | 268 | 383 | 312 | -12% | 28% | 43% | -19% |
| Diseases of appendix (K35-K38) | 71 | 63 | 72 | 101 | 82 | -11% | 14% | 40% | -19% |
| Hernia (K40-K46) | 120 | 114 | 145 | 155 | 186 | -5% | 27% | 7% | 20% |
| Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K70,K73-K74) | 5578 | 6056 | 8828 | 10238 | 9612 | 9% | 46% | 16% | -6% |
| Alcoholic liver disease (K70) | 3929 | 4324 | 6496 | 7526 | 7058 | 10% | 50% | 16% | -6% |
| Other chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K73-K74) | 1749 | 1863 | 2507 | 2886 | 2699 | 7% | 35% | 15% | -6% |
| Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder (K80-K82) | 185 | 172 | 191 | 197 | 239 | -7% | 11% | 3% | 21% |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27) | 5548 | 5690 | 7464 | 10430 | 9163 | 3% | 31% | 40% | -12% |
| Acute and rapidly progressive nephritic and nephrotic syndrome (N00-N01,N04) | 77 | 60 | 104 | 130 | 103 | -22% | 73% | 25% | -21% |
| Chronic glomerulonephritis, nephritis and nephropathy not specified as acute or chronic, and renal sclerosis unspecified (N02-N03,N05-N07,N26) | 75 | 91 | 90 | 102 | 106 | 21% | -1% | 13% | 4% |
| Renal failure (N17-N19) | 5453 | 5593 | 7349 | 10285 | 9038 | 3% | 31% | 40% | -12% |
| Other disorders of kidney (N25,N27) | 13 | 15 | 16 | 11 | <10 | 15% | 7% | -31% | |
| Infections of kidney (N10-N12,N13.6,N15.1) | 146 | 145 | 182 | 245 | 193 | -1% | 26% | 35% | -21% |
| Hyperplasia of prostate (N40) | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | ||||
| Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N76) | 32 | 30 | 47 | 56 | 47 | -6% | 57% | 19% | -16% |
| Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99) | 1691 | 1772 | 1326 | 1713 | 1277 | 5% | -25% | 29% | -25% |
| Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O07) | 31 | 32 | 43 | 53 | 40 | 3% | 34% | 23% | -25% |
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O10-O99) | 1669 | 1748 | 1304 | 1675 | 1250 | 5% | -25% | 28% | -25% |
| Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) | 14075 | 13620 | 12876 | 12734 | 13155 | -3% | -5% | -1% | 3% |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) | 8441 | 8278 | 8293 | 8614 | 8717 | -2% | 0% | 4% | 1% |
| Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99) | 23728 | 23952 | 28319 | 33662 | 31247 | 1% | 18% | 19% | -7% |
| All other diseases (Residual) | 61247 | 64083 | 83897 | 95925 | 88642 | 5% | 31% | 14% | -8% |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) | 64798 | 66219 | 84848 | 93503 | 90792 | 2% | 28% | 10% | -3% |
| Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85) | 20950 | 20686 | 24141 | 26163 | 25074 | -1% | 17% | 8% | -4% |
| Motor vehicle accidents (V02-V04,V09.0,V09.2,V12-V14,V19.0-V19.2,V19.4-V19.6,V20-V79,V80.3-V80.5,V81.0-V81.1,V82.0-V82.1,V83-V86,V87.0-V87.8,V88.0-V88.8,V89.0,V89.2) | 19937 | 19588 | 23005 | 25026 | 23818 | -2% | 17% | 9% | -5% |
| Other land transport accidents (V01,V05-V06,V09.1,V09.3-V09.9,V10-V11,V15-V18,V19.3,V19.8-V19.9,V80.0-V80.2,V80.6-V80.9,V81.2-V81.9,V82.2-V82.9,V87.9,V88.9,V89.1,V89.3,V89.9) | 479 | 496 | 486 | 500 | 546 | 4% | -2% | 3% | 9% |
| Water, air and space, and other and unspecified transport accidents and their sequelae (V90-V99,Y85) | 534 | 603 | 652 | 638 | 712 | 13% | 8% | -2% | 12% |
| Nontransport accidents (W00-X59,Y86) | 44708 | 46400 | 61672 | 68379 | 66714 | 4% | 33% | 11% | -2% |
| Falls (W00-W19) | 1117 | 1196 | 1324 | 1467 | 1427 | 7% | 11% | 11% | -3% |
| Accidental discharge of firearms (W32-W34) | 308 | 316 | 391 | 395 | 342 | 3% | 24% | 1% | -13% |
| Accidental drowning and submersion (W65-W74) | 2097 | 2022 | 2410 | 2454 | 2298 | -4% | 19% | 2% | -6% |
| Accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames (X00-X09) | 749 | 630 | 702 | 814 | 812 | -16% | 11% | 16% | 0% |
| Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances (X40-X49) | 36761 | 38373 | 53142 | 59226 | 57649 | 4% | 38% | 11% | -3% |
| Other and unspecified nontransport accidents and their sequelae (W20-W31,W35-W64,W75-W99,X10-X39,X50-X59,Y86) | 4895 | 5065 | 5223 | 5676 | 5826 | 3% | 3% | 9% | 3% |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) (*U03,X60-X84,Y87.0) | 22264 | 22087 | 22767 | 23842 | 23286 | -1% | 3% | 5% | -2% |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) by discharge of firearms (X72-X74) | 9799 | 9664 | 10666 | 11667 | 11352 | -1% | 10% | 9% | -3% |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) by other and unspecified means and their sequelae (*U03,X60-X71,X75-X84,Y87.0) | 12666 | 12627 | 12326 | 12402 | 12154 | 0% | -2% | 1% | -2% |
| Assault (homicide) (*U01-*U02,X85-Y09,Y87.1) | 14030 | 14480 | 19427 | 20159 | 18781 | 3% | 34% | 4% | -7% |
| Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms (*U01.4,X93-X95) | 11216 | 11746 | 16287 | 17257 | 15896 | 5% | 39% | 6% | -8% |
| Assault (homicide) by other and unspecified means and their sequelae (*U01.0-*U01.3,*U01.5-*U01.9,*U02,X85-X92,X96-Y09,Y87.1) | 2904 | 2842 | 3262 | 3031 | 2996 | -2% | 15% | -7% | -1% |
| Legal intervention (Y35,Y89.0) | 447 | 475 | 592 | 525 | 582 | 6% | 25% | -11% | 11% |
| Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34,Y87.2,Y89.9) | 2940 | 2967 | 3301 | 3450 | 3039 | 1% | 11% | 5% | -12% |
| Discharge of firearms, undetermined intent (Y22-Y24) | 245 | 232 | 291 | 334 | 287 | -5% | 25% | 15% | -14% |
| Other and unspecified events of undetermined intent and their sequelae (Y10-Y21,Y25-Y34,Y87.2,Y89.9) | 2703 | 2740 | 3015 | 3129 | 2758 | 1% | 10% | 4% | -12% |
| Operations of war and their sequelae (Y36,Y89.1) | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | ||||
| Complications of medical and surgical care (Y40-Y84,Y88) | 2282 | 2995 | 3075 | 3398 | 2490 | 31% | 3% | 11% | -27% |
| Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile (A04.7) | 195 | 166 | 160 | 199 | 173 | -15% | -4% | 24% | -13% |
| Other contributing conditions (O08,S,T) | 105475 | 107176 | 131870 | 142483 | 137508 | 2% | 23% | 8% | -3% |
| COVID-19 (U07.1) | 0 | 0 | 10288 | 26456 | 8766 | 157% | -67% | ||
| Data not shown due to 6 month lag to account for delays in death certificate completion for certain causes of death. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
My guess is that getting back to work in 2022 to pay the no longer blockaded rent was good for Americans’ morals and health.
A half year ago, I posted the CDC’s tabulation of multiple causes of death from 2018-2021. I suggested that looking at the causes of death in 2020 (when COVID was a problem but anti-COVID vaccines had not been introduced) vs. 2021 (when vaccines became common) could help distinguish between the effects of COVID vs. anti-COVID vaccines.
This suggestion that you could look at data to test your vaccine conspiracy theories drove vaccine conspiracy theorists insane with rage.
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