Older Coloradans nearly back to pre-pandemic death rates, but middle-aged people dying younger than expected
- Posted on August 2, 2025
- By The Denver Post
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Older Coloradans nearly back to pre-pandemic death rates, but middle-aged people dying younger than expected

Death rates shot up in 2020 and 2021, as COVID-19 and an increasingly dangerous illicit drug supply took out Coloradans at rates not seen in decades.