2021 Provisional U.S. Population Mortality Key Observations

Author

Mary Pat Campbell, FSA, MAAA

Description

In this report, we consider high-level results from provisional mortality data released from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 2021, including looking at changes by sex and age group. There are multiple measures for mortality that can be used in investigating trends. In this paper, we will be using crude death rates, age-adjusted death rates, and period life expectancy.

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2021 Provisional U.S. Population Mortality Key Observations
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