According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the United States’ age-adjusted death rate for 2019 (prior to the COVID-19 pandemic) was 715.2 deaths per 100,000 standard population. What would you guess the change was for 2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic) per 100,000 standard population?
A) Increase of about 120 deaths
B) Decrease of about 80 deaths
C) Increase of about 200 deaths
D) Decrease of 10 deaths
E) Increase of 500 deaths
The answer is the first letter of the alphabet.
Dan Lawry lives in Schenectady, N.Y.
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