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Originally Posted by lkagele
Little difference in the death rate over the last 5 or so years. No doubt countries are 'cooking the books' for whatever reason when it comes to death rates. Last I looked, China was declaring less the 5000 COVID deaths. Does anyone really think that's accurate.
United States - Historical Death Rate Data
Year Death Rate Growth Rate
2021 8.977 1.090%
2020 8.880 1.120%
2019 8.782 1.120%
2018 8.685 1.220%
2017 8.580 1.240%
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Where did that come from? The CDC shows 588,000 additional deaths in 2020 (approx 20% increase) and while the data are preliminary it appears 2021 is on pace to match that
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Last edited by Bill14564; 09-13-2021 at 02:35 PM.
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