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    We assessed how many US deaths would have been averted each year, 1933–2021, if US age-specific mortality rates had equaled the average of 21 other wealthy nations. We refer to these excess US deaths as “missing Americans.” The …

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    • Before the pandemic, in 2019, there were 600,000+ “Missing Americans” — i.e. deaths that would not have occurred if the US had the same age-specific mortality rate as other wealthy nations. The baseline we have returned to is an unjust, alarming one. https://t.co/PoL5Z0knvq