A study published in the journal PNAS Nexus found that more than 1 million deaths per year in the United States, including young people and working-age adults, could have been prevented if the country had mortality rates similar to those of other wealthy nations. The research analyzed data from 1933 to 2021 and included 21 comparable nations.
The analysis revealed that the U.S. had lower mortality rates than peer countries in the 1930s-1950s, similar rates in the 1960s and 1970s, but experienced a steady increase in "missing Americans" in the 1980s. "Missing Americans" refers to excess deaths in the U.S. – people who would still be alive today if the U.S. had mortality rates comparable to other peer nations.
The study indicated that in 2019, there were 622,534 excess deaths, and this number significantly rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching 1,009,467 in 2020 and 1,090,103 in 2021. Notably, excess mortality was particularly high in people under the age of 65, with almost 50 percent of excess deaths occurring in 2020 and 2021, despite young people being less likely to die from COVID-19.
The lead author of the study, Dr. Jacob Bor from Boston University School of Public Health, expressed concern about excess mortality among working-age adults, stating that half of the people who passed away before reaching age 65 would still be alive if the U.S. had mortality rates similar to other wealthy nations. The study highlights that the U.S. is facing a unique crisis of early death compared to other wealthy countries.
Additionally, the researchers estimated that in 2021 alone, the excess mortality in the U.S. resulted in the loss of 26.4 million years of life compared to the mortality rates of other wealthy nations when considering future lives lost due to premature death.
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