Standardized association between state-level COVID-19 mortality and change in cause-specific mortality, ages 25+.

Note: ASDR = age-standardized death rates. Change is measured as the age-standardized death rate in first full year of the pandemic (March 2020 to February 2021) relative to the same period a year prior (March 2019 to February 2020), with coefficients standardized (mean = 0 and standard deviation = 1). Line reflects weighted linear regression where weights are the corresponding size of population in state i. Points above the dotted line indicates states with increases in cause-specific age ASDR, while below indicates decreases. β represents the change in ASDR for a particular cause of death in SD units associated with a 1 SD unit increase in COVID-19 ASDR.