(WBAP/KLIF) — Recent Centers for Disease Control data shows a COVID mortality rate of 0.9%, and it’s even lower in Texas at around 0.5%.
Of the nearly 51 million COVID cases during the pandemic almost 803,000 U.S. citizens have died. That’s a 1.6% chance of dying if you contract covid-19. However, prevention measures such as vaccines and protecting higher risk Americans from contraction have significantly driven down the mortality rate.
According to National Safety Council figures, the risk of dying of COVID-19 is virtually the same as being killed in a car accident, a fall, opioid overdose, or suicide.
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CDC | Data as of: December 19, 2021 1:31 PM ET. Posted: December 19, 2021 2:55 PM ET
TOTAL CASES: 50,636,126
New Cases: +156,754
TOTAL DEATHS: 802,969
New Deaths: 1,816
| Lifetime odds of death for selected causes, United States, 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Cause of Death | Odds of Dying |
| Heart disease | 1 in 6 |
| Cancer | 1 in 7 |
| All preventable causes of death | 1 in 24 |
| Chronic lower respiratory disease | 1 in 27 |
| Suicide | 1 in 88 |
| Opioid overdose | 1 in 92 |
| Fall | 1 in 106 |
| Motor-vehicle crash | 1 in 107 |
| Gun assault | 1 in 289 |
| Pedestrian incident | 1 in 543 |