No Flu… But Topping up the Covid Deaths ok? – ConspiracyOz

Jan 25

No Flu Deaths? And standard deaths falling? the cream added to Covid deaths? uh-oh – Mick Raven

COVID-19 was the 38th leading cause of death (898 deaths).
In 2020 there was a decrease in mortality in Australia.
The five leading causes decreased, with a significant reduction in respiratory diseases.
Rates from suicide, drug overdoses and car crashes decreased.
Their median age at death was 86 years.
Dementia was the most common pre-existing condition (275 deaths).

Standardised death rates (SDRs) In 2020:

When adjusted for late registrations the SDR in 2020 was 6% lower than in 2019 (488.8 versus 519.1).
While SDRs have been generally decreasing over time, the 6% decrease between 2019 and 2020 is the largest single year change in the last 10 years.
Both males and females recorded the lowest SDR for the last decade.
Australia is one of a small number of countries including New Zealand and Denmark which recorded a lower death rate during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020: All cause mortality by age

The age-specific death (ASDR) rate decreased across all age groups

The top five leading causes of death remained the same as in 2019 (Ischaemic heart disease, Dementia including Alzheimer’s disease, Cerebrovascular diseases, Lung cancer and Chronic lower respiratory diseases) .
The age-standardised death rate decreased for all top five leading causes of death from 2019.
Deaths due to chronic lower respiratory diseases (including emphysema) had the highest proportional rate decrease from 2019 at 17.8%.
The reduction in acute respiratory conditions such as pneumonia contributed to a decrease in the top five leading causes of death.
All top five leading causes of death are non-communicable diseases (they are not passed from person to person).

There was a 23.9% decrease in the age-standardised death rate from respiratory diseases.
Influenza and pneumonia mortality had the highest proportional rate decrease of all respiratory diseases with a drop of 45.8% from 2019.
There were 55 people who died from influenza (2020). This compares to 1,080 in 2019.

– Gain of Statistics me thinks – Mick Raven

Pneumonia is also a common terminal cause of death, especially for older people who have long term chronic conditions. There was a decrease of more than 20% in influenza and pneumonia as an associated cause of death (where it was not the underlying cause of death).
The decrease in the respiratory disease death rate from 2019 is the largest recorded over the last ten years.

The age-standardised suicide rate was 12.1 deaths per 100,000 people, a 6.2% decrease from 2019.
For females, the suicide rate was the lowest since 2013 and for males the lowest since 2016

The death rate from motor vehicle accidents decreased by over 10% from 2019.
For both males and females the mortality rate was the lowest in the ten year time series.