Category: excess deaths

Mortality Among White Collar Workers Jumped 24 Percent Between 2020-2021, Life Insurance Data Shows

May 16, 2022
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The increase in deaths not attributed to COVID-19 in the working-age population during the summer and into the fall of last year hit white-collar workers more than the blue- and grey-collar ones, according to life insurance data. In the white-collar sector, mortality jumped 24 percent in the period the data pertained to (April 2020-September 2021)….

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Death Rate Rose Among Young Canadians During Pandemic Amid Surging Overdoses: StatCan

April 18, 2022
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Excess mortality rates among younger Canadians rose as the COVID-19 pandemic wore on, which may have been the result of increased substance use and missed medical appointments, according to Statistics Canada. The federal agency released the latest provisional data on April 14, which shows that overall excess mortality—meaning more deaths than expected in a given period—climbed…

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Study Links Excess COVID-19 Cases and Deaths to Wildfire Smoke

August 14, 2021
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New research indicates that exposure to pollutants in wildfire smoke may have led to thousands more COVID-19 cases and deaths. The new study, published in the journal Science Advances, links fine particle pollution known as PM2.5, which measures 2.5 micrometers across and is produced by wildfires, among other sources, to a significant increase in COVID-19…

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