{"id":1478955,"date":"2022-05-18T06:15:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T10:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478955"},"modified":"2022-05-18T06:16:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T10:16:09","slug":"mortality-among-white-collar-workers-jumped-24-percent-between-2020-and-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mortality-among-white-collar-workers-jumped-24-percent-between-2020-and-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortality Among White-Collar Workers Jumped 24 Percent Between 2020 and 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmortality-among-white-collar-workers-jumped-24-percent-between-2020-and-2021%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1478955&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The increase in deaths not attributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> in the working-age population during the summer and into the fall of last year affected white-collar workers more than blue- and grey-collar employees, according to life insurance data.<\/p>\n<p>In the white-collar sector, mortality jumped 24 percent in the period covered by the data (April 2020\u2013September 2021); less than 64 percent of those were attributed to COVID-19. Among blue-collar workers, mortality rose 19 percent, of which over 80 percent was attributed to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>As The Epoch Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/non-covid-excess-deaths-decline-in-ages-18-49_4357041.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously reported<\/a>, prime-age mortality was particularly elevated in the 12 months ending in October 2021, where there was an excess death spike of more than 40 percent in ages 18\u201349, compared with the same period in 2018\u20132019, based on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/nvss\/vsrr\/covid_weekly\/index.htm#SexAndAge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death certificate data<\/a>\u00a0from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The majority of the excess deaths weren\u2019t attributed to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4290018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4290018\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20\/GettyImages-1230541638-1200x800-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript> Health care workers tend to a patient in a January 2021 file photo. (Ariana Drehsler\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A recent study by the Society of Actuaries, an international professional organization, corroborates the CDC data. It relies on a survey of group term life insurance providers that yielded data on claims made from 2017 to 2021 and reported to insurers by Sept. 30, 2021 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.soa.org\/48ff80\/globalassets\/assets\/files\/resources\/research-report\/2022\/group-life-covid-19-mortality.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The life insurance data show an increase in excess mortality since the second quarter of 2020, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, including a particularly sharp increase in the third quarter of 2021\u201439 percent above what would have been expected based on 2017\u20132019 data. That quarter was exceptionally devastating for age groups 25\u201334, 35\u201344, 45\u201354, and 55\u201364, in which mortality soared 81 percent, 117 percent, 108 percent, and 70 percent,\u00a0respectively, above the baseline.<\/p>\n<p>Deaths attributed to COVID-19 accounted for about three-quarters of the excess mortality during the 18 months reviewed in the study. But among those under the age of 45, COVID-19 accounted for less than 38 percent of the excess deaths, the study says.<\/p>\n<p>Among industries with the largest number of COVID-19 deaths, the worst hit was public administration with nearly 13,000 life insurance claims related to the disease. Yet those only accounted for less than 52 percent of the sector\u2019s excess mortality.<\/p>\n<p>Several other white-collar industries also experienced high excess mortality\u201422 percent in both doctors\u2019 offices and educational services. COVID-19 claims accounted for nearly 80 percent and 70 percent, respectively,\u00a0of the spike.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4240084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4240084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/paramedic-1230072254-1200x734-600x367-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4240084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/paramedic-1230072254-1200x734-600x367-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" \/><\/noscript> A paramedic prepares an ambulance at Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus, N.J., on Dec. 11, 2020. (Kena Betancur\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By contrast, in heavy and steel manufacturing mortality rose by 9 percent, with COVID-19 more than accounting for the entire spike. In fact, non-COVID-19 mortality dropped by a few percent in this sector.<\/p>\n<p>The insurance data aren\u2019t directly comparable to the CDC data because the population covered by group life insurance policies differs from the general population. Since the policies are commonly offered by employers, the overall population weighs disproportionately toward working-age adults.<\/p>\n<p>The study didn\u2019t go into detail on non-COVID-19 causes of the excess deaths.<\/p>\n<p>While the CDC hasn\u2019t yet released fully detailed cause-of-death data for the recent period, a previous analysis by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/exclusive-why-are-non-covid-deaths-spiking-among-prime-age-americans_4233385.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Epoch Times<\/a>, informed by conversations with state authorities and experts, revealed several potential causes of the excess mortality, including undercounted COVID-19 deaths, drug overdoses, alcohol-related disease, and injuries possibly caused by COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-petr-svab\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/15f57d553829f93e_ttl7dayFDN_WEB_PetrSvab_v2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Petr Svab\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Petr Svab is a reporter covering New York. Previously, he covered national topics including politics, economy, education, and law enforcement.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The increase in deaths not attributed to COVID-19 in the working-age population during the summer and into the fall of last year affected white-collar workers more than blue- and grey-collar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1478955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}