Potentially Excess Deaths

Potentially excess deaths are calculated by subtracting the expected number of deaths from the observed number of deaths. The expected number refers to the number of deaths that we would see if that state’s death rate was equal to the best-performing states (benchmark states). In this study, we define potentially excess death as a death that occurred in a person 79 years and younger (this is based on the average life expectancy for the total U.S. population, which was nearly 79 years in 2010).

Visualization

Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes – Exploring eight years of potentially preventable deaths in the United States, 2010–2017

MMWR Publications

• Potentially Preventable Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death – United States, 2008-2010
• Potentially Preventable Deaths Among the Five Leading Causes of Death — United States, 2010 and 2014
• Leading Causes of Death in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Areas— United States, 1999–2014
• Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties — United States, 2010–2017

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