Interestingly, the % growth rate has decreased over time, even including 2020.
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https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/death-rateUnited States - Historical Death Rate DataYear Death Rate Growth Rate
2021 8.977 1.090%
2020 8.880 1.120%
2019 8.782 1.120%
2018 8.685 1.220%
2017 8.580 1.240%
2016 8.475 1.270%
2015 8.369 1.270%
2014 8.264 1.290%
USA all-cause mortality 2015-2020 weeks 1-19https://hectordrummond.com/2020/06/02/usa-all-cause-mortality-2015-2020-weeks-1-19/"Can you see a once-in-a-century disaster here? Or did the various lockdowns amazingly save millions of lives? (They sure were amazing, those lockdowns, weren’t they?).
2020 is so far only 10% above the five-year average (which is 1 045 365).
Bear in mind as well that some of these 2020 deaths will be lockdown deaths, rather than Covid-19 deaths."