Fig. 1: Weekly estimates of excess deaths for CVDs in the United States.
Time-series estimates of excess death counts for overall CVDs and subtypes from 1 March 2020 to 26 March 2022. Cardiovascular subtypes include hypertensive disease, IHD, heart failure, cerebrovascular disease and other diseases of the circulatory system. The weekly estimates of excess deaths for any cardiovascular and subtype causes are shown as red points. As a comparison, the weekly number of deaths due to COVID-19 are shown as grey bar charts. The subtype ‘other diseases of the circulatory system’ includes pulmonary embolism, pericarditis, myocarditis, cardiac arrest and so on.
