What happened to death rates in the US during the pandemic?

A new report gives us a broad look at death in the United States during the pandemic year of 2022. It tracks overall death rates, what people died from, and how many deaths were linked to COVID-19. This kind of observational data helps paint a picture of the pandemic's toll on the population as a whole. The report doesn't tell us why these patterns happened or compare them to other years. It's a straightforward accounting of what occurred, which is a first step in understanding a complex period. For now, it's a descriptive snapshot, not an analysis of causes or effects.