Table 1 Number of deaths, gender years of life lost and mean age at death for COVID-19 and deaths of despair (DoD) including unintentional drug overdose, Alcohol-Induced Causes of Death (AcOD), and suicide in the US in 2020
Cause of Death | Males | Females | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deaths, No | YLL | Mean Age (SD) | Deaths, No | YLL | Mean Age (SD) | Deaths, No | YLL | Mean Age (SD) | |
COVID-19 | 192,512 | 2,515,600.42 | 73.89 (13.71) | 158,319 | 1,890,098.26 | 78.73 (13.53) | 350,831 | 4,405,698.68 | 76.07 (13.65) |
DoD | 130,801 | 4,298,945.72 | 47.25 (16.24) | 47,797 | 1,746,873.29 | 46.95 (15.14) | 178,598 | 6,045,819.01 | 47.17 (15.95) |
AcOD | 59,248 | 2,186,955.05 | 42.21 (13.33) | 24,310 | 969,793.83 | 43.13 (13.50) | 83,558 | 3,156,748.88 | 42.48 (13.38) |
Alcohol Deaths | 35,002 | 884,369.26 | 56.11 (12.49) | 14,059 | 416,192.69 | 54.65 (12.56) | 49,061 | 1,300,561.95 | 55.69 (12.53) |
Suicide | 36,551 | 1,227,621.41 | 46.91 (19.76) | 9,428 | 360,886.77 | 45.28 (18.13) | 45,979 | 1,588,508.18 | 46.58 (19.35) |