Sunday, September 13, 2020

CDC - Deaths

Table 1. Deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), pneumonia, and influenza reported to NCHS by sex and age group. United States. Week ending 2/1/2020 to 9/5/2020

Updated September 9, 2020

Sex	Age group	All Deaths involving COVID-19 (U07.1)1	Deaths from All Causes	Deaths involving Pneumonia, with or without COVID-19, excluding Influenza deaths (J12.0–J18.9)2	Deaths involving COVID-19 and Pneumonia, excluding Influenza (U07.1 and J12.0–J18.9)2	All Deaths involving Influenza, with or without COVID-19 or Pneumonia (J09–J11)3	Deaths involving Pneumonia, Influenza, or COVID-19 (U07.1 or J09–J18.9)4	Population5
Total
	All ages	175,866	1,894,447	180,095	78,446	6,671	283,199	327,167,434
	Under 1 year	19	10,513	99	3	16	131	3,848,208
	1–4 years	14	2,021	70	2	42	124	15,962,067
	5–14 years	29	3,110	94	8	52	167	41,075,169
	15–24 years	315	19,998	402	111	53	655	42,970,800
	25–34 years	1,360	41,370	1,513	606	151	2,404	45,697,774
	35–44 years	3,542	58,523	3,377	1,547	247	5,590	41,277,888
	45–54 years	9,324	107,903	8,747	4,292	577	14,251	41,631,699
	55–64 years	22,254	247,264	23,449	10,694	1,237	36,026	42,272,636
	65–74 years	37,684	374,953	39,742	17,965	1,444	60,671	30,492,316
	75–84 years	46,487	458,477	49,189	21,421	1,469	75,520	15,394,374
	85 years and over	54,838	570,315	53,413	21,797	1,383	87,660	6,544,503

Covid-19 Deaths Sep11 - 13, 2020 1400

Source:

198,293 Worldometrers https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

193,843 John Hopkins https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

178,670 CDC https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm

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CDC Covid-19 numbers are consistently lower than other sources. Their reasons for why this is so are listed below.

There are, of course, political reasons why a public agency would minimize a crisis.

Understanding the Numbers: Provisional Death Counts and COVID-19

Provisional death counts deliver the most complete and accurate picture of lives lost to COVID-19. They are based on death certificates, which are the most reliable source of data and contain information not available anywhere else, including comorbid conditions, race and ethnicity, and place of death.

How it Works

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) uses incoming data from death certificates to produce provisional COVID-19 death counts. These include deaths occurring within the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

NCHS also provides summaries that examine deaths in specific categories and in greater geographic detail, such as deaths by county and by race and Hispanic origin.

COVID-19 deaths are identified using a new ICD–10 code. When COVID-19 is reported as a cause of death – or when it is listed as a “probable” or “presumed” cause — the death is coded as U07.1. This can include cases with or without laboratory confirmation.

Why These Numbers are Different

Provisional death counts may not match counts from other sources, such as media reports or numbers from county health departments. Counts by NCHS often track 1–2 weeks behind other data.

Death certificates take time to be completed. There are many steps to filling out and submitting a death certificate. Waiting for test results can create additional delays.
States report at different rates. Currently, 63% of all U.S. deaths are reported within 10 days of the date of death, but there is significant variation between states.
It takes extra time to code COVID-19 deaths. While 80% of deaths are electronically processed and coded by NCHS within minutes, most deaths from COVID-19 must be coded by a person, which takes an average of 7 days.
Other reporting systems use different definitions or methods for counting deaths.

Things to know about the data

Provisional counts are not final and are subject to change. Counts from previous weeks are continually revised as more records are received and processed.

Provisional data are not yet complete. Counts will not include all deaths that occurred during a given time period, especially for more recent periods. However, we can estimate how complete our numbers are by looking at the average number of deaths reported in previous years.

Death counts should not be compared across states. Some states report deaths on a daily basis, while other states report deaths weekly or monthly. State vital record reporting may also be affected or delayed by COVID-19 related response activities.

For more detailed technical information, visit the Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Technical Notes page.

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‘How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?’

The government’s disease-fighting agency is conflating viral and antibody tests, compromising a few crucial metrics that governors depend on to reopen their economies. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and other states are doing the same.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/05/cdc-and-states-are-misreporting-covid-19-test-data-pennsylvania-georgia-texas/611935/

The CDC and Federal Government are completely inept.

DRAIN THE SWAMP!!

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