Choose a region: United States Approximately 3.28 million people in the United States lost their lives in 2022. The most common causes of death in the U.S. are heart disease and cancer, however, COVID-19 accounted for around six percent of all deaths that year, making it the fourth leadi...
Table 9. Death rates by age and age-adjusted death rates for the 15 leading causes of death in 2006: United States, 1999-2006Age Age-adjusted rate3 Cause of death (based on ICD-10, 2004) and year All ages1 Under 1 year2 1-4 years 5-14 years 15-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 ...
Design and Setting Analyses of vital statistics data on mortality in the United States from 1970 to 2002. Main Outcome Measure The age-standardized death rate and number of deaths (coded as underlying cause) from each of the 6 leading causes of death: heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic ...
Cancer death rates in the United States have declined steadily over the years, thanks to improved screening guidelines and falling smoking rates, among other factors, according to a report released by the American Cancer Society. Since 1991, rates have fallen by 25 percent, resulting in more than...
The results clearly show that the rates and patterns are different in these two countries, with Canada having a higher rate than the United States. One specific finding was that young adult males are a current high-risk group, especially in Canada. Possible explanations for the differences are ...
The child mortality rate in the United States, for children under the age of five, was 462.9 deaths per thousand births in 1800.
note 1: world's third-largest country by size (after Russia and Canada) and by population (after China and India); Denali (Mt. McKinley) is the highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent note 2: the western coast of the United States and southern...
This cross-sectional study examines trends in the suicide rate among racial and ethnic subgroups in the United States from 1999 to 2019.
The United States has long pursued hegemonism, practiced power politics, and created humanitarian crises. In the theaters of war where the United States conducted overseas "counter-terrorism" operations following the 9/11 attacks, the total death toll ranges from at least 4.5 to 4.7 million people...
The life expectancy of women at birth in the United States saw no significant changes in 2022 in comparison to the previous year 2021 and remained at around 80.2 years. Life expectancy at birth refers to the number of years that the average newborn can expect to live, providing that mortalit...