Plot of the German fatalities per 100000 for people aged between 65 and 80 in the years 2016 - 2022

The heigth of the rectangle corresponds to 250 fatalities per 100000

Brown - 2016

Blue - 2017 Somewhat higher mortality in the beginning of the year then usual

Yellow - 2018 Rather strong flu season in the beginning of the year. A peak of mortalities can be identified around weeks 9 - 12

Red - 2019.

Green - 2020 This is the first "Covid year"! Only at the very end of the year there is a slight increase of the mortality

Black - 2021. This is the second "Covid year"! At the beginning and at the end of year there is a mortality SLIGHTLY higher then usual

White - 2022. No trace of a mortality higher then usual

Table of the German fatalities among inhabitans aged beteen 65 and 80 in the years 2016 - 2022

2016201720182019202020212022
Weeks 1-4 22631 24809 22247 21687 20870 24753 21469
Weeks 5-8 22594 26101 24496 22999 21644 22220 21376
Weeks 9-12 23243 22495 28218 22673 21746 20564 21771
Weeks 13-16 22105 20715 22714 21130 22122 21503 21148
Weeks 17-20 20782 20872 20085 20163 19707 21426 20334
Weeks 21-24 19753 19596 19394 19787 18679 19835 19137
Weeks 25-28 20111 19781 19229 19329 18575 18915 20062
Weeks 29-32 19815 19890 21473 20105 18961 18904 21105
Weeks 33-36 20019 19223 19423 18927 19313 19135 19606
Weeks 37-40 19778 20022 19185 19277 19222 19440 20626
Weeks 41-44 21142 20389 19722 20004 19947 20959 0
Weeks 45-48 21602 21007 20422 20445 21422 23820 0
Weeks 49-52 23018 21806 21067 21250 24816 24334 0

Number of inhabitants in Germany aged between 65 and 79 in the beginning of the year

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
12570975125677951255902612494426124095471233520212324844

An minor increase of mortality due to Covid can be identified! The increase of mortality in 2018 due to flu was considerably larger