KFF October 22, 2020
A new KFF analysis examines leading causes of death and mortality rates in the United States and comparable countries.
The U.S. has a higher COVID-19 mortality rate than many of its peer countries, with COVID-19 ranking as the nation’s third-leading cause of death in 2020, behind only heart disease and cancer. Among similarly large and wealthy countries, only in Belgium does COVID-19 also rank as the third highest cause of death. COVID-19 ranks fourth in France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, but much lower in Germany and Austria, where it ranks 17th and 18th respectively.
The analysis compares the number of COVID-19 deaths in each country through October 15th with annual deaths for other conditions in the most recent full...
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