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Between 2019 and 2020, male deaths increased by 296,061 (20.1%) and female deaths by 232,830 (16.9%). The trend continued in 2021, with 68,208 (3.9%) more male deaths and 12,298 (0.8%) more female deaths.
In 2021, 53.1% of those who died were male. Provisional 2022 NCHS data show larger declines for males but the share of male deaths (52.4%) was still larger than in pre-pandemic years.
The growing difference in deaths between males and females in 2020 and 2021 suggests the COVID-19 pandemic had a larger impact on the mortality of males than it did on females.
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