# Excess deaths...in 2018? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 30, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excess-deaths-in-2018/916835 "2020-07-30T15:14:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excess-deaths-in-2018/916835/1 "2020-07-30T15:14:46Z")
I was looking at charts of excess deaths on the CDC site, and noticed a spike in excess deaths in early 2018. I can’t think of why, but it seemed pretty uniform looking at some different states. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excess-deaths-in-2018/916835/2 "2020-07-30T16:34:11Z")
Flu? Maybe it was a year that the vaccine was a poor guess. Just a WAG, but early in the year suggests it. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excess-deaths-in-2018/916835/3 "2020-07-30T16:46:33Z")
> **[The 2018 Flu Season Is the Worst Since the 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic](https://www.vioguard.com/the-2018-flu-season-is-the-worst-since-the-2009-swine-flu-pandemic/)** > > Est. reading time: 14 minutes ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excess-deaths-in-2018/916835/4 "2020-07-30T17:22:33Z")
There ya go. I wondered about the flu, but thought I’d remember something like that. Thanks!