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That sort of surprises me. On worldometers, Alabama's per capita death rate isn't that unusual. It's ranked 5th and roughly on par with, e.g. Massachusetts. And

That sort of surprises me. On worldometers, Alabama's per capita death rate isn't that unusual. It's ranked 5th and roughly on par with, e.g. Massachusetts. And that's now counting Delta variant and its likely higher percentage unvaccinated population; I don't think I remember it being so high in 2020. So what's the story? Higher death rate than other states excluding covid? Very low birth rate? It's also the case for other states and just not mentioned here?

rpmisms 5y ago
Alabama is fifth highest in deaths per million by state, and I'd assume that this is simply an issue of birth rates. Combine that with a lot of poor drug addicts, and you have your answer.
1123581321 5y ago
Without covid the population change from births and deaths would’ve stayed nearly flat in 2020. Covid added 8-10k deaths (I couldn’t find a source to easily calculate this, sorry.) Alabama isn’t alone, though; 25 states had the same problem last year. Here’s a map. https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/snapshot/2020-deaths-exceeded-births-in-record-number-of-states https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/snapshot/2020-deaths-exce...
- MiscIdeaMaker99 5y ago
  > Alabama isn’t alone, though; 25 states had the same problem last year. Very interesting. I wonder if the reason this narrative about Alabama catches so many eyes is because it plays into negative biases about Alabama, and other similar southern US states.