or death rate — the number of deaths divided by the total number of cases — is higher than any other, at about 9.5%. The US, by contrast, has a death rate of 1.2%. A country's death rate ...

During the pandemic’s first two years, life expectancy in the US plummeted by about 2.7 years ... infections contributed to a decline in mortality rates. Even so, Covid’s long-term health ...

The US's testing ramp up has led to one of the ... Testing influences what we know about the coronavirus' death rate The charts above compare the number of diagnostic tests, which determine ...

Drug overdoses are not the only factor behind the rise in the US death rate. Suicide and Alzheimer's are also fueling the increase.