FastStats - Deaths and Mortality

FastStats - Deaths and Mortality

Deaths and Mortality

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• Number of deaths: 2,596,993
• Death rate: 821.5 deaths per 100,000 population
• Life expectancy: 78.8 years
• Infant Mortality rate: 5.96 deaths per 1,000 live births

Number of deaths for leading causes of death:

• Heart disease: 611,105
• Cancer: 584,881
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 149,205
• Accidents (unintentional injuries): 130,557
• Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,978
• Alzheimer's disease: 84,767
• Diabetes: 75,578
• Influenza and Pneumonia: 56,979
• Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 47,112
• Intentional self-harm (suicide): 41,149

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2013, tables 1, 7, 10, 20[PDF - 1.5 MB]

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• 75 Years of Mortality in the United States, 1935–2010
• CDC Wonder, Detailed Mortality
• Deaths Attributed to Heat, Cold, and Other Weather Events in the United States, 2006–2010[PDF - 330 KB]
• Death in the United States, 2011
• Deaths: Leading Causes for 2010[PDF - 4.2 MB]
• Health Data Interactive
• Health, United States
• Mortality in the United States, 2013
• United States Life Tables, 2010[PDF - 2.0 MB]

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