![Is it really true that “the U.S. death rate in 2020 was the highest above normal since the early 1900s—even surpassing the calamity of the 1918 flu pandemic”? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Is it really true that “the U.S. death rate in 2020 was the highest above normal since the early 1900s—even surpassing the calamity of the 1918 flu pandemic”? | Statistical Modeling, Causal](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Screen-Shot-2021-04-25-at-5.58.38-PM.png)
Is it really true that “the U.S. death rate in 2020 was the highest above normal since the early 1900s—even surpassing the calamity of the 1918 flu pandemic”? | Statistical Modeling, Causal
U.S. deaths normally change less than 2% each year. In 2020, they rose nearly 23%. - VCU News - Virginia Commonwealth University
![Preliminary US death statistics show over 3.4 million total deaths in 2020 — at least 20% more deaths than in 2019 Preliminary US death statistics show over 3.4 million total deaths in 2020 — at least 20% more deaths than in 2019](https://staticweb.usafacts.org/media/images/Article_Share_Template_9.original.png)