Even though the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cannot start ranking leading causes of deaths until the end of the year, statisticians at the agency told CNN they expect Covid-19 will end up among the nation's top 10
Even though the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cannot start ranking leading causes of deaths until the end of the year -- in order to get a full year's worth of data -- statisticians at the agency told CNN they expect Covid-19 will end up among the Top 10 leading causes of death in the nation.
US surpasses 4 million reported coronavirus cases as hospitalizations near record"We know that based on the # of COVID-19 deaths so far in 2020, it will end up as a Top 10 leading cause of death but won't know exactly how high it will rank until next year," CDC mortality statisticians said via email Thursday. "Heart Disease and Cancer, the two leading causes of death in the U.S., account for more than half of all deaths in the U.S.
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