Ages 0-24

Ages 25-34

Ages 35-44

Ages 45-54

Ages 55-64

Ages 65-74

Ages 75-84

Ages 85+

Ages 0-24

Ages 25-34

Ages 35-44

Ages 45-54

Ages 55-64

Ages 65-74

Ages 75-84

Ages 85+

Data Source

This report makes use of the American CDC data set “Conditions Contributing to COVID-19 Deaths, by State and Age, Provisional 2020-2022, updated on 18 May 2022.

• The data set is listed here: covid_weekly/index.htm#Comorbidities
• For download, the source URL: Conditions-Contributing-to-COVID-19-Deaths-by-Stat

Comorbidity Note
According to the CDC notes on the data set:

• For over 5% of deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned on the death certificate.
• For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, there were on average 4.0 additional conditions or causes per death. (So 94% +).

Codebook Note

For each condition reported for each age group per year, the CDC data set gives numbers for two variables: Covid-19 Deaths, and Number of Mentions. For example, for Year 2020, Age Group 0-24 years, for the Condition “Influenza and pneumonia,” we have a reported 249 COVID-19 Deaths, but a reported 256 Number of Mentions.

The total number of deaths involving Covid for Year 2020, Age Group 0-24 years: 759. So was the Condition “Influenza and pneumonia” associated directly with 249 COVID-19 Deaths? Or, on the Death Certificates for this cohort, did “Influenza and pneumonia” receive 256 Number of Mentions?

The online codebook does not clarify what these categories — COVID-19 Deaths and Number of Mentions — precisely mean in relation to Condition.

Please see the next tab, “Graphing Note.”

Graphing Note 1

For context, please see “Codebook Note.” The reported observations for the variables COVID-19 Deaths and Number of Mentions are generally close. For each Condition excepting “COVID-19”, the Number of Mentions is ALWAYS greater than or equal to COVID-19 Deaths. For the Condition “COVID-19”, the reported values for COVID-19 Deaths and Number of Mentions are always equal.

At first, the choice seemed obvious — graph the counts for Number of Mentions per Condition, Age Group, and Year. But we get a more conservative count — and one it seems more closely tied to “deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019”, when we graph the counts for COVID-19 Deaths per Condition, Age Group, and Year.

So the following graphs below do so. The Condition “COVID-19” is not displayed — as the graphs show all the conditions and comorbidities associated with “deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019.” But each graph does have a red line indicating the total number of Covid deaths for that Age Group in that Year.

Graphing Note 2

The Condition “COVID-19” is not displayed — as the graphs show all the conditions and comorbidities associated with “deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019.” But each graph does have a red line indicating the total number of Covid deaths for that Age Group in that Year.

The breakdown of “deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019” per Age Group in that Year is available on the Data Tables page. Likewise, the breakdown of reports per Condition, Age Group, and Year — the raw data for the graphs — is also available on the Data Tables page.

By Year, Age Group, and Condition

Deaths Involving Covid: Total Counts