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What’s killing Coloradans? Increase in COVID, overdose deaths keep state’s mortality level elevated

State recorded 10,363 more deaths in 2021 than pre-pandemic average, newly finalized data shows

Debbie Garcia, right, holds, photo of ...
Debbie Garcia, right, holds, photo of her daughter Karina Rodriguez, who died of a fentanyl overdose, on the Capitol steps in Denver on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Gov. Jared Polis signed HB22-1326 into law. The legislation is intended to combat fentanyl, which killed more than 900 people in Colorado last year. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - MARCH 7:  Meg Wingerter - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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The state's 2021 mortality data, finalized this month by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, shows middle-aged people were especially hard-hit, the gap in death rates between white Coloradans and people of color narrowed slightly, and men's life expectancy dropped more than women's.
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