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Table 4 Expected same-year deaths in Nevada and California in 1991 for counterfactual scenarios of no drought or most severe drought (from years 1968–2014), and attributable deaths for each age-race-sex stratum. Abnormally wet county-years included in analysis

From: Drought severity and all-cause mortality rates among adults in the United States: 1968–2014

Age

Race

Sex

Maximum Drought Severity

No Drought

Attributable Deaths

Total

  

212,746

221,582

−8837

25–34

White

Male

3752

3748

4

25–34

White

Female

1367

1373

−6

25–34

Black

Male

303

334

−31

25–34

Black

Female

226

226

0

25–34

Other

Male

417

387

30

25–34

Other

Female

170

173

−3

35–44

White

Male

4624

5041

−417

35–44

White

Female

2573

2568

4

35–44

Black

Male

506

463

44

35–44

Black

Female

461

424

37

35–44

Other

Male

544

538

6

35–44

Other

Female

337

317

20

45–54

White

Male

8777

9055

−278

45–54

White

Female

5184

5471

−287

45–54

Black

Male

874

876

−2

45–54

Black

Female

700

723

−23

45–54

Other

Male

873

944

−71

45–54

Other

Female

568

583

−15

55–64

White

Male

15,377

15,403

−26

55–64

White

Female

9241

9661

−420

55–64

Black

Male

1440

1408

32

55–64

Black

Female

1154

1061

93

55–64

Other

Male

1384

1272

113

55–64

Other

Female

937

881

56

65–74

White

Male

21,343

22,427

−1084

65–74

White

Female

14,485

16,525

−2040

65–74

Black

Male

1799

1678

121

65–74

Black

Female

1516

1409

107

65–74

Other

Male

1682

1677

5

65–74

Other

Female

1182

1259

−77

75–84

White

Male

26,065

27,114

−1049

75–84

White

Female

24,864

26,956

−2092

75–84

Black

Male

1533

1415

119

75–84

Black

Female

1563

1639

−76

75–84

Other

Male

1770

1899

−129

75–84

Other

Female

1634

1666

−32

85+

White

Male

17,249

17,487

−238

85+

White

Female

29,979

30,958

−979

85+

Black

Male

590

629

−39

85+

Black

Female

1181

1306

−125

85+

Other

Male

1109

1182

−74

85+

Other

Female

1410

1427

−17