Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell 17% between July 2023 and July 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report released Wednesday. Since 2021, over 100,000 people have died of overdoses each year in the United States. A record number of overdose ...
Between the beginning of January 2020 and June 14, 2023, of the 1,134,641 deaths caused by COVID-19 in the United States, around 307,169 had occurred among those aged 85 years and older. This statistic shows the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths in the U.S. from...
While the majority of overdose deaths in 2023 were due to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, there was a decrease from 2022. An estimated 76,226 deaths were linked to synthetic opioids in 2022 compared to 74,702 deaths in 2023. Drug Overdose Deaths in the United ...
"I went and spent time with these people, and each one told their story – where they came from, when they came to the United States, what it would mean for them to be wrenched away from their family or their job and sent to a country that they did not know," he said. "And I...
The dynamics of traffic-related fatalities in the United States have undergone significant changes recently. In 2023, motor vehicle crashes led to approximately 40,999 deaths—a minor decrease from the previous year’s count of 40,990 fatalities—representing a dip of 3.6% in terms of million ve...
United StatesPopulation healthLife expectancyThe U.S. is exceptional among high-income countries for poor survival outcomes. Understanding the distribution of excess deaths by age, sex, and cause of death, is essential for bringing U.S. mortality in line with international peers. We use 2016 ...
In 2021, around 373,594 babies were born while 267,651 people died in the state of Texas in the United States. In comparison, there were 34,333 deaths and 35,670 babies born in Connecticut in that same year. Number of births and deaths in the United States in 2021, by state ...
Violent deaths in the United States, 1900-1975. Relationships between suicide, homicide and accidental deaths Time trends are presented for suicide, homicide and accident mortality rates in the United States, 1900鈥 1975. These data suggest that national mortality r... PC Holinger,EH Klemen - 《...
By Newsday StaffUpdated December 29, 2023 Share The sobering adage that all good things must come to an end was never truer than in this year’s passing parade of enduring icons in politics, pop culture, professional sports, broadcasting and so many other fields. It was a year of national...
In 2023, drivers struck and killed 7,318 people in the United States, according to preliminary data.