Recent past years started at the same time the coronavirus pandemic started. One can download the spreadsheet source cdc data to confirm this chart click here is it not amazing that the regular flu deaths have dropped like a rock starting at the beginning of february 2020 the dramatic diversion of regular flu deaths vs. 1 through the week ending march 28 the average number of deaths was about 6 below the three year average.
The cdc death count tables for earlier weeks show that from the week ending feb. Counts will be updated periodically. Death counts are delayed and may differ from other published sources see technical notes.
Provisional death counts are based on death certificate data received and coded by the national center for health statistics as of july 24 2020. Taking the data from the cdc weekly counts of deaths by state and select causes 2014 2018 then selecting for all deaths for the year 2018 through may 05 2018 you come up with 1 066 832 deaths. For the year 2020 according to temte citation cdc data the all deaths rate through may 2 2020 was 787 181.
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