00:00People are dying in the U.S. at higher rates than other similar high-income countries.
00:06The mortality gap between the United States and other high-income nations
00:09substantially expanded during the first two decades of the 21st century.
00:15The annual number of excess deaths has nearly doubled between 2019 and 2021.
00:21That's according to new research published in the journal Plus One.
00:24In 2021, the number of excess deaths involving COVID-19 in the United States
00:29reached 223,266 deaths.
00:34That's 25% of all excess deaths that year.
00:39With all the advances in the U.S., why is the excess death rate so high?
00:44Cardiovascular disease has continued to decline in other parts of the world.
00:48In the U.S., those rates have stagnated.
00:52The rise in obesity may be to blame.
00:55Obesity increases the risk of death due to cardiovascular disease.
00:59Comunice of death's fear has been a potential ģ¹
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