Lets put Covid deaths into context

December 15, 2023

Dear Editor, The ABC reports that: COVID-19 entered the top five in 2022, with most deaths occurring during the Omicron wave. It’s the first time an infectious disease has been a leading cause of death in more than 50 years. (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-27/covid-in-abs-leading-causes-of-death-data-heart-disease-/102906350)

The virus was responsible for more than one in 20 deaths in 2022, making it the third-leading cause of death behind coronary heart diseaseand dementia. The latest causes of deaths report from the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which is released once per year, said COVID-19 accounted for 9,859 of 190,939 deaths last year. Leading causes of death 2022: Heart disease (18,643) and Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease (17,106) COVID-19 (9,859) Cerebrovascular diseases (9,829), Lung cancer (9,048)

So we see from the actual data that Covid just scrapes in as the third cause of death just a whisker ahead of Cerebravascular disease and lung cancer and way behind the two leading causes of death being Heart disease at 18, 643 and Dementia at 17,106. And if all cancers were included in the data Covid would quickly slip behind into 4th place.