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Deaths and Mortality
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of deaths: 3,090,964
- Death rate: 922.9 deaths per 100,000 population
Source:
- Life expectancy: 78.4 years
- Infant Mortality rate: 5.60 deaths per 1,000 live births
Source: Mortality in the United States, 2023, data tables for figures 1, 5
Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
- Heart disease: 680,981
- Cancer: 613,352
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 222,698
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 162,639
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 145,357
- Alzheimer’s disease: 114,034
- Diabetes: 95,190
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 55,253
- Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: 52,222
- COVID-19: 49,932
Source: Mortality in the United States, 2023, data table for figure 4
More data: reports and tables
- Deaths: Final Data for 2021 [PDF – 4 MB]
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2022 [PDF – 2 MB]
- Trends in Deaths from Health, United States
- United States Life Tables, 2021 [PDF – 2 MB]
- U.S. State Life Tables, 2021 [PDF – 1 MB]
- Death Rates by Marital Status for Leading Causes of Death: United States, 2010-2019 [PDF – 332 KB]
- Trends in Death Rates in Urban and Rural Areas: United States, 1999-2019
- Mortality in the United States — Provisional Data, 2023 | MMWR