If the virus is that big of a threat, why are death rates still at the lowest they've been in 20 years?

https://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=xx&v=26

Also before you ask, the source on this is page straight from the CIA that is now only accessible from the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20210101011907/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html