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July 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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US Excess Deaths Continued to Rise Even After the COVID-19 Pandemic | Minnesota Population Center
In 2022 and 2023, the United States saw over 1.5 million more deaths than expected. Excess US deaths have been increasing for decades, with working-age adults disproportionately affected. This trend c...
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May 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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“These deaths are driven by long-running crises in drug overdose, gun violence, car collisions, and preventable cardiometabolic deaths," says MPC member @wrigleyfield.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“These deaths are driven by long-running crises in drug overdose, gun violence, car collisions, and preventable cardiometabolic deaths," says MPC member @wrigleyfield.bsky.social
Excess deaths, meaning the number of deaths above the expected death rate, spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic and remain higher than peer nations in 2023, particularly for adults aged 25-44.
May 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Excess deaths, meaning the number of deaths above the expected death rate, spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic and remain higher than peer nations in 2023, particularly for adults aged 25-44.
Adults aged 25-44 in the U.S. are 2.5 times more likely to die than international peers.
May 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Adults aged 25-44 in the U.S. are 2.5 times more likely to die than international peers.
In 2023, a staggering 45.9% of U.S. deaths under 65 years old would have been prevented if we had the death rate of other wealthy nations.
May 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
In 2023, a staggering 45.9% of U.S. deaths under 65 years old would have been prevented if we had the death rate of other wealthy nations.
The study found U.S. death rates were one-third higher than death rates in 21 other wealthy nations, including Canada, Finland, Iceland and Portugal.
May 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The study found U.S. death rates were one-third higher than death rates in 21 other wealthy nations, including Canada, Finland, Iceland and Portugal.
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Minnesota's largest generation, millennials, face a third round of economic uncertainty
Older millennials were just entering the workforce during the 2008 Great Recession. Then came COVID-19. And millennials are once again faced with economic uncertainty at an age where they may be makin...
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April 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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