If COVID-19 vaccines cause significant numbers of deaths, as many have claimed, then we should expect to see that vaccinated individuals have a non-COVID-19 mortality rate that is higher than unvaccianted individuals.
However this is no the case. In addition to having lower COVID-19 mortality (see Effectiveness vs Death), COVID-19 vaccine recipients actually have lower non-COVID-19 mortality and SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER ALL-CAUSE MORTALTIY.
It is normal for the last year in the reporting period to have higher rates of "other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality" because this classification includes deaths under investigation by coroner or medical examiner. Page 1 of the report:
"By examining changes in deaths by age group, it is possible to identify some of the causes that were responsible for the recent change in life expectancy in Canada. In 2022, the increase in deaths among younger age groups can, in part, be attributable to deaths under investigation by a coroner or medical examiner, which are typically unintentional injuries (e.g., substance-related toxicity deaths), suicides and homicides. Such deaths are classified as "other ill-defined and unspecified causes of mortality" until a final cause of death is determined."
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/daily-quotidien/231127/dq231127b-eng.pdf
"significant negative correlation between all-cause excess mortality and COVID-19 vaccination coverage, supporting the crucial role of vaccination in reducing overall mortality"
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/8/1294 (2023-07-28)
"No relationship was found between vaccination rates and all-cause mortality [in Cyprus], demonstrating the excellent safety profile of COVID-19 vaccines."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X2300316X?via%3Dihub (2023-05-02)
"For each vaccine type and across age, sex, and race/ethnicity groups, crude non-COVID-19 mortality rates among COVID-19 vaccinees were lower than those among comparators. After adjusting for confounders with the propensity score approach, [risk of non-COVID-19 death was reduced by 52% in those vaccinated with the Pfizer BNT162b2 vaccine]"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22015614?via%3Dihub (2023-01-16)
A large population study from Indiana involved over half a million people that compared vaccinated (≥1 dose) with prior infection and no vaccination. Vaccinated had 36% lower all cause mortality, 24% lower ED visits and 37% lower hospitalizations
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307112 (2022-12-14)
"The 10 most-vaccinated states had excess all-cause mortality comparable with or less than that of several peer countries over Delta and Omicron combined (eg, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Finland)... From June 27, 2021, to March 26, 2022, the US would have averted 266 700 deaths if US excess all-cause mortality rate matched that of the 10 most-vaccinated states."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2798990 (2022-11-18)
Based on US county level case surveillance and vaccine administration data, "A 10% improvement in vaccination coverage was associated with an 8% (95% confidence interval 8% to 9%) reduction in mortality rates and a 7% (6% to 8%) reduction in incidence.
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069317 (2022-04-27)
"During December 2020–July 2021, COVID-19 vaccine recipients had lower rates of non–COVID-19 mortality than did unvaccinated persons after adjusting for age, sex, race and ethnicity, and study site."
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7043e2.htm?s_cid=mm7043e2_w
"A study of 11 million people found no increased risk of death among COVID-19 vaccine recipients"
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7043e2.htm?s_cid=mm7043e2_w
A cohort study of 19,625 nursing home residents found that those who received an mRNA vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna) had lower all-cause mortality than did unvaccinated residents.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X21006836?via%3Dihub