New data sets from the CDC are out!!
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Under CDC glossary they define the "white" death count as:
White – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/rhoi/rhoi_glossary.htm
What is The original people in North Africa?
The original indigenous Berbers were the North African ancestors of the present day dark-brown peoples of the Sahara and the Sahel, mainly those called Fulani, Tugareg, Zenagha of Southern Morocco, Kunta and Tebbu of the Sahel countries, as well as other dark-brown arabs now living in Mauritania and throughout the … https://www.quora.com/What-is-The-original-people-in-North-Africa
Who were the first people in the Middle East? https://www.quora.com/Who-were-the-first-people-in-the-Middle-East
If you want to know who were the first people in the area, then the answer are the Sumerians.
They established the earliest civilization in the Middle East in Mesopotamia. They spoke the Sumerian language which to this day has no relations to any other language and is classified as a language isolate. Later when the Akkadians came, they mixed with Sumerians which caused two cultures to influence each other and their languages as well - but eventually, Akkadian replaced Sumerian completely as a spoken language.