2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 17, 2022
Federal data confirms that 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history.
NEW YORK — 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad.
The main reason for the increase in deaths? COVID-19, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's work on death statistics.
The agency this month quietly updated its provisional death tally. It showed there were 3.465 million deaths last year, or about 80,000 more than 2020 . . .
