All-Cause Excess Mortality and COVID-19–Related Mortality Among US Adults Aged 25-44 Years, March-July 2020
Jeremy Samuel Faust, Harlan M. Krumholz, Chengan Du, Katherine Dickerson Mayes, Zhenqiu Lin, Cleavon Gilman, Rochelle P. Walensky
Abstract
This study compares all-cause excess mortality and COVID-19–related mortality during the early pandemic period (March-July 2020) with unintentional drug overdoses, the usual leading cause of death in young adults, during the same period in 2018 among adults aged 25 to 44 years.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicExcess mortality2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCause of deathSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)DemographyYoung adultMortality rateDrug overdosePediatricsGerontologyEmergency medicinePoison controlInternal medicineVirologyDiseaseOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)SociologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies