2020 — the start of the pandemic in the U.S. — was the first time that the CDC has broken out mortality data by industry. The research did not include information from Arizona, North Carolina, Rhode Island or Washington, D.C.
COVID was the leading “detailed” cause of death, painting a more comprehensive picture buttressed by other, broader categories.
Across the 39 major categories, certain types of heart diseases — a contributing factor to making COVID infections more severe or fatal — caused 8,700 deaths for workers 35 to 64 and 18,700 for those 65 and up.
