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A new analysis shows that COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death for young adults in many parts of the US, surpassing unintentional overdose.
A preprint non-peer-reviewed observational cohort study published by the University of Washington looking at all-cause mortality among adults age 25-44 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US found that 14,155 more deaths occurred in this age group from1 March 1 to 31 July than during the same period of 2019, representing a 23 percent relative increase (incident rate ratio 1.23).
In states including New York, New Jersey, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada, COVID-19 deaths exceeded 2018 unintentional opioid overdose deaths during at least one month.
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