NEW: Nearly 10,000 more Coloradans died in 2021 than 2020, according to preliminary state data.
unusually high levelThe Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment recorded 48,193 deaths in 2021, according to preliminary data provided by the agency. That’s about 1,300 more people dying than in 2020 and 9,600 more than the average for the three years immediately preceding the pandemic — or a roughly 25% increase over the normal level.
Despite some people’s high hopes, conditions didn’t really return to normal in 2021, said Lisa Miller, associate dean for public health practice at the Colorado School of Public Health. The health care system was stressed by multiple COVID-19 surges and dealing with a workforce shortage, some people were unable to get prompt care and families were still facing economic and emotional hardships, she said.
Cancer, heart disease and COVID-19 were the top three causes of death in 2021, as they had been in 2020. Last year included the second half of the wave that started in fall 2020 — Colorado’s deadliest to date — as well as the surge driven by the delta variant in fall 2021. Most of the deaths caused by the omicron wave came in January of this year.
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