The largest number of deaths mapped was the 37,292 deaths in Michigan from "atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease" -- hardening of the arteries. The causes of death you're most susceptible to in ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the biggest causes of mortality in 2023. The report, published on Aug. 8, analyzed death records from the National Vital Statistics System.

The number of total deaths in the United States is still higher than it was before the pandemic, which was 2.9 million, suggesting that covid has had a broader effect on death rates generally.

Heart disease and cancer still top the list as the leading causes of death in the United States, but the gap is closing between the two. A new report out from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Each year, the CDC releases a list of the leading causes of death among U.S. adults. USA FACTS took a deep dive into the latest data and shared mortality trends.

Among Hispanic individuals, death due to a chronic lower respiratory disease was ninth on the list of leading causes (2% of total deaths), according to the report.

This report details the 10 leading causes for the 20,360 deaths of children and adolescents in the United States in 2016. The analysis also includes trends over time and comparisons among countries.

“Tragically, deaths from overdose are increasing because of the opioid epidemic, and there are still large differences between states in all preventable causes of death, indicating that many ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in America, followed by cancer, according to a new report from the CDC. These two factors accounted for nearly half of all deaths in the U.S.

In 2022, there were 3,279,857 deaths in the U.S. The top five causes of death remain the same as in the previous two years, although COVID-19 has moved from the third leading cause to the fourth.