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Deaths and Mortality
Data are for the U.S.
- Number of deaths: 3,072,666
- Death rate: 903.4 deaths per 100,000 population
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2024) via CDC WONDER
- Life expectancy: 79.0 years
- Infant Mortality rate: 5.52 deaths per 1,000 live births
Source: Mortality in the United States, 2024, data tables for figures 1, 5
Number of deaths for leading causes of death:
- Heart disease: 683,491
- Cancer: 619,876
- Accidents (unintentional injuries): 197,449
- Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 166,852
- Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 145,643
- Alzheimer’s disease: 116,022
- Diabetes: 94,445
- Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 55,081
- Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: 52,274
- Suicide: 48,824
Source: Mortality in the United States, 2024, data table for figure 4
More data: reports and tables
- Deaths: Final Data for 2022 [PDF – 4 MB]
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2023 [PDF – 14 MB]
- Trends in Deaths from Health, United States
- United States Life Tables, 2023 [PDF – 2 MB]
- U.S. State Life Tables, 2022 [PDF – 941 KB]
- Trends in Births and Deaths: United States, 2010-2023 [PDF – 366 KB]
- 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