That doesn't explain why more people in general are dying. Like, if you look at the number of people who died in the past week in the USA, and compare to the n

That doesn't explain why more people in general are dying. Like, if you look at the number of people who died in the past week in the USA, and compare to the number who died during the same period last year, the first number is much more bigger than the second one. Financial incentives might skew the numbers, but that's why statisticians look at multiple sources of data.