U.S. Population Mortality Observations – Updated with 2020 Experience

Authors

Jerome Holman, FSA, MAAA, RJH Integrated Solutions, LLC
Cynthia S. MacDonald, FSA, MAAA, Society of Actuaries Research Institute

Table of Contents

Summary
Materials
Podcast
Data Visualizations
Acknowledgments

Summary

This report covers the latest emerging trends in U.S. population mortality. The SOA relied upon data furnished by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Observations are based on the CDC’s recent release of 2020 mortality experience, along with prior mortality experience data from 1999 through 2019.

The report is found in a pdf below and contains key observations from this analysis. Five interactive dashboards have also been provided for the user to explore the results. Scroll down on this webpage to find these dashboards. The report pdf contains all the assumptions and definitions used to create the graphs and tables contained in the dashboards. Finally, the appendices referenced in the report pdf are contained in an Excel file below.

Suggested citation: Holman, R. J., C. S. MacDonald. U.S. Population Mortality Observations-Updated with 2020 Experience. Society of Actuaries, January 2022.

Materials

U.S. Population Mortality Observations – Updated with 2020 Experience
Appendices

Video

U.S. Population Mortality Observations

Podcast

Data Visualizations

These interactive dashboards are visualizations of key metrics found in the report. They provide filtering, drill-down, and other interactive capabilities that allow you to focus on specific subsets of the data.

US Population Mortality by Sex
US Population Mortality by Socioeconomic Quintile Group
Opioid Deaths by Opioid Type and County Quintile Group
Historical Mortality Rates and Change in Mortality
Annual Change in Mortality by Age Group

Acknowledgments

The researchers’ deepest gratitude goes to the oversight group and others for their diligent work overseeing the report design, compiling the data for analysis, and reviewing and editing this report for accuracy and relevance.

Ed Hui, FSA, MAAA, CFA
Derek Kueker, FSA
Timothy D. Morant, FSA, MAAA

At the Society of Actuaries
Korrel Crawford, Senior Research Administrator
R. Dale Hall, FSA, MAAA, CERA, Managing Director of Research
Pete Miller, ASA, MAAA, Experience Studies Actuary
Erika Schulty, Research Administrator

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