More Than 155,000 Excess American Deaths in First 9 Months of 2023

The working age U.S. population has registered a 20 percent excess mortality rate, with deaths from kidney, heart, stroke, and liver issues also rising.

A graveyard in Lake Forest, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The United States saw more than 155,000 excess deaths in the first nine months of this year, according to data from the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD).

In a Dec. 1 post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said that the United States is “facing extraordinary headwinds in our public health with a major decline in life expectancy.”