MORE than 174,000 deaths were registered in Australia in 2022 - 12 per cent more than was predicted. This represents one of the largest excess death levels outside the pandemic in 80 years, according to data from the Actuaries Institute.
Of the additional 20,000 deaths, 10,300 were directly attributed to Covid-19 and 2,900 were linked to the virus in some way.
The remaining 6,600 excess deaths were not related to Covid-19, the data suggested.
Instead, they were mostly related to heart disease and cancer.
Karen Cutter, from the Institute’s Covid-19 mortality working group, said the levels are "not within normal levels of fluctuation in non- pandemic times".
She said the Institute believed that the virus played a role in many of the excess deaths - even those that weren’t directly attributed to Covid.
“Firstly, mortality risk is higher subsequent to an acute Covid infection, and most Australians have now had Covid-19,” she told news.com.au.
Previous research has found anyone who's had Covid is at risk of dying 18 months after infection.
Scientists from China discovered all those who contract the virus have an increased risk of deadly heart issues including heart failure, stroke, atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction and heart disease.
Poster Comment:
Big mystery.