A common example is the spanish flu pandemic in 1918. Unfortunately people sometimes confuse case fatality rates with crude death rates. This difference is important.
For instance if there were 10 deaths in a population of 1 000 the crude mortality rate would be 10 1 000 or 1 even if only 100 people had been diagnosed with the disease. The comparison is even more stark for people over 85. On average in the us the flu s death rate is 1 while the coronavirus death rate is 5 2.
Outcomes depend on many factors from the level of strain on. The exact mortality rate of covid 19 in the united states isn t yet known. Covid 19 mortality rate depends on age spread of disease.
The death rate from covid 19 in the state of new york is 168 per 100 000 people. As of july 27 2020 there have been over 146 900 deaths related to covid 19 in the united states. Based on death certificate data available on july 23 2020 the percentage of deaths attributed to pneumonia influenza or covid 19 pic increased from week 26 week 28 june 27.
The national center for health statistics nchs collects death certificate data from vital statistics offices for all deaths occurring in the united states. Commentary on the severity and death toll of the coronavirus has been constant on social. The centers for disease control and prevention has confirmed a 0 2 death rate for covid 19.
